(a) Explanation Given information: The expression, x 4 − 5 x 2 + 4 . Formula used: Steps to calculate the factors of quadratic equation a x 2 + b x + c by trial and error method, Step1: Factor a x 2 as ( a 1 x ) ( a 2 x ) with a 1 positive. Step2: Factor c as c 1 c 2 . Step 3: Check if a x 2 + b x + c = ( a 1 x ± c 1 ) ( a 2 x ± c 2 ) If yes, then ( a 1 x ± c 1 ) ( a 2 x ± c 2 ) are the factors. Step 4: If not, try other factorization of a x 2 and c and repeat all the steps. The distributive law, ( a ± b ) c = a c ± b c Where, a, b and c are any real numbers. Difference of two squares, a 2 − b 2 = ( a + b ) ( a − b ) Where, a and b are the real numbers. Calculation: Consider the expression, x 4 − 5 x 2 + 4 Rewrite the above expression as, ( x 2 ) 2 − 5 x 2 + 4 Substitute x 2 = y in the above expression, ( y ) 2 − 5 y + 4 Factor of y 2 are ( y ) ( y ) . The factors of 4 are ( 1 ) ( 4 ) , ( 4 ) ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) ( 2 ) , ( − 1 ) ( − 4 ) and ( − 4 ) ( − 1 ) . Consider the factors ( y ) ( y ) and ( 1 ) ( 4 ) (b) To determine To calculate: The value of x when the expression x 4 − 5 x 2 + 4 is equal to zero.

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To calculate: The factors of the expression x4−5x2+4.

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To determine

To calculate: The value of x when the expression x4−5x2+4 is equal to zero.

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