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: 78

Answer

$-2,+3$

Work Step by Step

The possible rational zeros are $\pm1,\pm\frac{1}{2},\pm2,\pm3,\pm3/2,\pm4,\pm6,\pm12$ a. Test upper bounds with integers $12,11,10,...$, we can found that $+3$ is an upper bound as shown in the synthetic division, while $+2$ is not. b. Test lower bounds with integers $-12,-11,-10,...$, we found a lower bound at $-2$
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