Precalculus (6th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Polynomial and Rational Functions - 3.3 Zeros of Polynomial Functions - 3.3 Exercises - Page 338: 106

Answer

$\{-\frac{3}{4},\pm i\sqrt 2\}$

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Given $f(x)=4x^3+3x^2+8x+6$, we can list possible rational zeros as $\pm1,\pm2,\pm3,\pm6,\pm\frac{1}{2},\pm\frac{3}{2},\pm\frac{1}{4},\pm\frac{3}{4}$ Step 2. There are 0 sign changes in $f(x)$ indicating that there will be 0 positive real zeros. Step 3. $f(-x)=-4x^3+3x^2-8x+6$, there is 3 sign changes in $f(-x)$ indicating that there will be 3 or 1 negative real zero. Step 4. Use synthetic division to find one real zeros as shown in the figure. Step 5. The resulting quotient gives $4x^2+8=0$ or $x^2+2=0$ which gives $x=\pm i\sqrt 2$ Step 6. The zeros are $\{-\frac{3}{4},\pm i\sqrt 2\}$
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