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: 54

Answer

zeros:$\displaystyle \qquad \frac{1}{2},\ 3,\ \ \frac{-2\pm\sqrt{6}}{2}$

Work Step by Step

$P(x)=4x^{5}-18x^{4}-6x^{3}+91x^{2}-60x+9,$ ($4$ sign variations, we expect $4,2$ or $0$ positive real zeros) $P(-x)=-4x^{5}-18x^{4}+6x^{3}+91x^{2}+60x+9,$ ($1$ sign variations, we expect $1$ negative real zeros) $a_{0}=9 \quad $p: $\pm 1,\pm 3,\pm 9$ $a_{n}=4,\qquad $q: $\pm 1,\pm 2,\pm 4$ Possible rational zeros $\displaystyle \frac{p}{q}:\quad$ with synthetic division, we try $ \pm 1,\pm 3,\pm 1/2$... $\begin{array}{r|rrrrrrrrrrr}\hline 3 & 4 & -18 & -6 & 91 & -60 & 9 & \\ & & 12 & -18 & -72 & 57 & -9 & \\ \hline & 4 & -6 & -24 & 19 & -3 & 0 & \\ & & & \swarrow & & & & \\ 3 & 4 & -6 & -24 & 19 & -3 & & \\ & & 12 & 18 & -18 & 3 & & \\ \hline & 4 & 6 & -6 & 1 & 0 & & \\ & & & \swarrow & & & & \\ 1/2 & 4 & 6 & -6 & 1 & & & \\ & & 2 & 4 & -1 & & & \\ \hline & 4 & 8 & -2 & 0 & & & \\ \end{array}$ $P(x)=(x-3)^{2}(x-\displaystyle \frac{1}{2})(4x^{2}+8x-2)$ $=2(x-3)^{2}(x-\displaystyle \frac{1}{2})(2x^{2}+4x-1)$ Find the zeros of the last factor with the quadratic formula $x=\displaystyle \frac{-4\pm\sqrt{(-4)^{2}-4(2)(-1)}}{2(2)}=\frac{-4\pm\sqrt{24}}{4}=\frac{-4\pm 2\sqrt{6}}{4}=\frac{-2\pm\sqrt{6}}{2}$ zeros:$\displaystyle \qquad \frac{1}{2},\ 3,\ \ \frac{-2\pm\sqrt{6}}{2}$
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