AQA AS Paper 2 2022 June — Question 5

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleAS Paper 2 (AS Paper 2)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicFactor & Remainder Theorem
TypeFactorise polynomial completely

5 Kaya is investigating the function $$f ( x ) = 2 x ^ { 3 } - 7 x ^ { 2 } - 12 x + 45$$ Kaya makes two statements.
Statement 1: \(\mathrm { f } ( 3 ) = 0\)
Statement 2: this shows that ( \(x + 3\) ) must be a factor of \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\).
5
  1. State, with a reason, whether each of Kaya's statements is correct. Statement 1: \(\_\_\_\_\)
    Statement 2: \(\_\_\_\_\)
    5
  2. Fully factorise f (x).