The connection between the factors and the zeroes is that when a polynomial is completely factored, the completely factored form's numbers will wind up being the zero. The only thing is that if it was (x-6) , its zero would actually be a positive six. The division will help factor the polynomials, because the number that you use the long division on will be one of the zeros, and you would know that it works by if the solution would end up equaling zero. The degree of the polynomial will help predict the number of zero's, because the power the polynomial is to is usually the same as the number of zeros that you have. This doesn't always work, because you could wind up having one of the factored numbers having a negative too, which wouldn't be counted on the polynomial.
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