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The real (that is, the non-complex) zeroes of a polynomial correspond to the x-intercepts of the graph of that polynomial. So we can find information about the number of real zeroes of a polynomial by looking at the graph and, conversely, we can tell how many times the graph is going to touch or cross the x-axis by looking at the zeroes of the polynomial (or at the factored form of the polynomial).
A zero has a "multiplicity", which refers to the number of times that its associated factor appears in the polynomial. For instance, the quadratic (x + 3)(x – 2) has the zeroes x = –3 and x = 2, each occuring once. The eleventh-degree polynomial (x + 3)4(x – 2)7 has the same zeroes as did the quadratic, but in this case, the x = –3 solution has multiplicity 4 because the factor (x + 3) occurs four times (that is, the factor is raised to the fourth power) and the x = 2 solution has multiplicity 7 because the factor (x – 2) occurs seven times.