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: 82

Answer

$-2,-\frac{1}{2},\frac{-5\pm \sqrt {17}}{2}$

Work Step by Step

List all possible rational zeros $\pm1,\pm1/2,\pm2,\pm4$ Use synthetic division to test a few values and we can found two zeros $-2,-1/2$ as shown, so $P(x)=(x+2)(2x+1)(x^2+5x+2)$ The zeros are $-2,-\frac{1}{2},\frac{-5\pm \sqrt {17}}{2}$
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