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Methods2023 Exam 2 Section A · Q14CAS active1 mark

Tangents through the positive x-intercept of a quartic

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A polynomial has the equation $y = x(3x - 1)(x + 3)(x + 1)$ .

The number of tangents to this curve that pass through the positive $x$ -intercept is

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0

B

1

C

2

D

3

E

4

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