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10. Roots and Zeros
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Exercise 73 Page 79

Construct a table to find all of the possible values of the expression for each of the values from the replacement set.

± 1, ± 2, ± 3, ± 6, ± 1/2, ± 3/2, ± 1/4, ± 3/4

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To find all of the possible values of ± ba, replace both variables with each value from the replacement sets and simplify the expression.

± a b ±b/a Simplify
+ 1 1 +1/1 1
- 1 1 -1/1 -1
+ 1 2 +2/1 2
- 1 2 -2/1 -2
+ 1 3 +3/1 3
- 1 3 -3/1 -3
+ 1 6 +6/1 6
- 1 6 -6/1 -6
+ 2 1 +1/2 1/2
- 2 1 -1/2 -1/2
+ 2 2 +2/2 1
- 2 2 -2/2 -1
+ 2 3 +3/2 3/2
- 2 3 -3/2 -3/2
+ 2 6 +6/2 3
- 2 6 -6/2 -3
+ 4 1 +1/4 1/4
- 4 1 -1/4 -1/4
+ 4 2 +2/4 1/2
- 4 2 -2/4 -1/2
+ 4 3 +3/4 3/4
- 4 3 -3/4 -3/4
+ 4 6 +6/4 3/2
- 4 6 -6/4 -3/2

We can now write all of the possible values of ± ba. ± 1, ± 2, ± 3, ± 6, ± 1/2, ± 3/2, ± 1/4, ± 3/4