Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Polynomial and Rational Functions - 3.3 Zeros of Polynomial Functions - 3.3 Exercises - Page 338: 101

Answer

$\{2,2,2, \pm i\sqrt 2\}$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Given $f(x)=x^5-6x^4+14x^3-20x^2+24x-16$, we can list possible rational zeros as $\pm1,\pm2,\pm4,\pm8,\pm16$ Step 2. There are 5 sign changes in $f(x)$ indicating that there could be 5,3, or 1 positive real zeros. Step 3. $f(-x)=-x^5-6x^4-14x^3-20x^2-24x-16$, there is 0 sign change in $f(-x)$ indicating that there will be no negative real zero. Step 4. Use synthetic division to find three real zeros as shown in the figure. Step 5. The resulting quotient gives $x^2+2=0$ which gives $x=\pm i\sqrt 2$ Step 6. The zeros are $\{2,2,2, \pm i\sqrt 2\}$
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