Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 3 - Section 3.4 - Real Zeros of Polynomials - 3.4 Exercises - Page 284: 50

Answer

zeros:$\qquad -1,\ 2, \ \ 2\pm\sqrt{2}$

Work Step by Step

$P(x)=x^{5}-4x^{4}-x^{3}+10x^{2}+2x-4,$ ($3$ sign variations, we expect $3$ or $1$ positive real zero) $P(-x)=-x^{5}-4x^{4}+x^{3}+10x^{2}-2x-4,$ ($2$ sign variations, we expect $2$ or $0$ negative real zeros) $a_{0}=-4 \quad $p: $\pm 1,\pm 2,\pm 4$ $a_{n}=1,\qquad $q: $\pm 1,$ Possible rational zeros $\displaystyle \frac{p}{q}:\quad$ with synthetic division, we try$ \pm$1, $\pm 2$... $\begin{array}{r|rrrrrrrrrrr}\hline -1 & 1 & -4 & -1 & 10 & 2 & -4 & \\ & & -1 & 5 & -4 & -6 & 4 & \\ \hline & 1 & -5 & 4 & 6 & -4 & 0 & \\ & & & \swarrow & & & & \\ -1 & 1 & -5 & 4 & 6 & -4 & & \\ & & -1 & 6 & -10 & 4 & & \\ \hline & 1 & -6 & 10 & -4 & 0 & & \\ & & &\swarrow & & & & \\ 2 & 1 & -6 & 10 & -4 & & & \\ & & 2 & -8 & 4 & & & \\ \hline & 1 & -4 & 2 & 0 & & & \\ \end{array}$ $P(x)=(x+1)^{2}(x-2)(x^{2}-4x+2)$ Find the zeros of the last factor with the quadratic formula $x=\displaystyle \frac{4\pm\sqrt{(4)^{2}-4(1)(2)}}{2(1)}=\frac{4\pm\sqrt{8}}{2}=\frac{4\pm 2\sqrt{2}}{2}=2\pm\sqrt{2}$ zeros:$\qquad -1,\ 2, \ \ 2\pm\sqrt{2}$
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