College Algebra (10th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.5 - The Real Zeros of a Polynomial Function - 5.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page 388: 105

Answer

$-8, \ -4, \ -\displaystyle \frac{7}{3}$

Work Step by Step

$f(x)=3x^{3}+16x^{2}+3x-10$ Possible rational roots: $\displaystyle \frac{p}{q}=\frac{\pm 1,\pm 2,\pm 5,\pm 10}{\pm 1,\pm 3}$ Try $ x+1 $ with synthetic division. $\left.\begin{array}{l} -1 \ \ |\\ \\ \\ \end{array}\right.\begin{array}{rrrrrr} 3 & 16 & 3 &-10 \\\hline & -3 & -13 & +10 \\\hline 3 & 13 &-10 & |\ \ 0 \end{array}$ $f(x)=(x+1)(3x^{2}+13x-10)$ Try $ x+5 $ with synthetic division. $\left.\begin{array}{l} -5 \ \ |\\ \\ \\ \end{array}\right.\begin{array}{rrrrrr} 3 & 13 &-10 \\\hline & -15 & +10 \\\hline 3 & -2 & |\ \ 0 \end{array}$ $f(x)=(x+1)(x+5)(3x-2)$ The zeros of f are $-5, -1$ and $\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}.$ The graph of $f(x+3)$ is obtained from $f(x)$ by shifting it left by 3 units. So the zeros of f, shifted left 3 units are $-8, \ -4, \ -\displaystyle \frac{7}{3}$
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