Answer:
a) Â 6.
b) Â 0 (multiplicity 3), -5 (multiplicity 2) and 7/2.
c) and (d) - See below.
Step-by-step explanation:
(a) Â f(x) = x^3(x + 5)^2 (2x - 7)
The highest degree of x  (= x^3*x^2*x) = 3+2+1 = 6. Â
(b) The zeros are 0 ( from the x^3 = 0) multiplicity 3, from  x + 5 = 0 we have -5 (multiplicity 2) and from 2x - 7 =0, 7/2.
(C) Â The graph just touches the x axis at (-5, 0) and pass through at (0,0) and (7/2, 0).
(d) The graph rises to the left for very large negative values of x and falls to the right at very large values of x.
At the extreme ends this graph resembles the graph of -x^3.