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10. Roots and Zeros
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Exercise 75 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, ± 7, ± 1/2, ± 7/2, ± 1/3, ± 7/3, ± 1/6, ± 7/6

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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 7 +7/1 7
- 1 7 -7/1 -7
+ 2 1 +1/2 1/2
- 2 1 -1/2 -1/2
+ 2 7 +7/2 7/2
- 2 7 -7/2 -7/2
+ 3 1 +1/3 1/3
- 3 1 -1/3 -1/3
+ 3 7 +7/3 7/3
- 3 7 -7/3 -7/3
+ 6 1 +1/6 1/6
- 6 1 -1/6 -1/6
+ 6 7 +7/6 7/6
- 6 7 -7/6 -7/6

We can now write all of the possible values of ± ba. ± 1, ± 7, ± 1/2, ± 7/2, ± 1/3, ± 7/3, ± 1/6, ± 7/6