If you only look at the value of the roots and not their multiplicity then the answer is yes.
The straight line y = x - 1 and the parabola y = (x - 1)^2 have the same root: x = 1. But the graphs are obviously different. All polynomials of the form y = (x - 1)^n will have x = 1 as the only root but they will have different shapes. The reason to this is that in the case of the straight line it is a root of multiplicity 1, in the case of a parabola it is a root of multiplicity 2 and in the case of y = (x - 1)^n it is a root of multiplicity n.
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False! If the graph is exactly the same, then the x-intercepts will be the same which implies the roots are them same. However, you can have the same roots and different graphs. So while the first statement is true, the converse if not.
You keep them the same if they have different bases
Other polynomials of the same, or lower, order.
They are different names for the same thing!
spelled the same but have different meanings
No.
The homonym of "routes" is "roots." They sound the same but have different meanings.
Polynomials
they would be in a vacuum
Add together the coefficients of "like" terms. Like terms are those that have the same powers of the variables in the polynomials.
Yes, they can.