Gerry Lim's answer to June's Secondary 3 A Maths Singapore question.

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Gerry Lim
Gerry Lim's answer
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If they ask how many roots, it means the number of points of the curve that intersect y=0. Since f(x) is exactly divisible by (x+5) , you know that f(x) =0 when x = -5. So that's one root already