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: 62

Answer

(a) $-3,1$, (b) see graph below.

Work Step by Step

(a) List possible rational zeros as $\pm1,\pm3$. Use synthetic division with these values and we can find three zeros as shown in the figure, $x=1,1,1,$ and rewrite P as $P(x)=(x-1)^3(x^2+2x-3)$. Thus we find all the zeros for the polynomial as $-3,1$. (b) The graph of the function is shown in the figure.
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