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mathsbrain

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hi all, please see the attachment, i reckon Q5c) is erroneous as a quintic polynomial needs 5 roots, not 4? Am i correct? Also, just to be super sure, Q6a(ii) we need to do y1 - y2 and not y1 + y2 since y2 is under x-axis correct (y1 is the parabola, and y2 is the semicircle)?
 

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lol- I reckon its just a typo. Solve the question assuming it had indicated five roots (i.e. add e as a root as well)
 

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either there is a double root for 5(c) or they meant it to be a quartic function
 

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