Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Here's a challenging problem for all the precalculus students. Let 1, w1, w2, w3, w4 be the distinct roots of x^5=1. What is the value of (1-w1)(1-w2)(1-w3)(1-w4)? Note that the answer is NOT 0 since the w's are not equal to 1. So, what's the answer?
Solving x^5=1 completely! youtube.com/watch?v=AKZ_dUesPaU
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Here's a challenging problem for all the precalculus students. Let 1, w1, w2, w3, w4 be the distinct roots of x^5=1. What is the value of (1-w1)(1-w2)(1-w3)(1-w4)? Note that the answer is NOT 0 since the w's are not equal to 1. So, what's the answer?
Solving x^5=1 completely! youtube.com/watch?v=AKZ_dUesPaU
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I help students master the basics of math. You can show your support and help me create even better content by becoming a patron on Patreon 👉 patreon.com/blackpenredpen.
Get your "algebra" t-shirt 👉 amzn.to/3A8Ed4k
Every bit of support means the world to me and motivates me to keep bringing you the best math lessons! Thank you!
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#math #precalculus #mathtutorials
