Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 3 - Review - Test - Page 323: 7

Answer

$3, -1\pm i$

Work Step by Step

We have $p=\pm1,\pm2,\pm3,\pm6,q=\pm1$ Possible rational zeros are $\frac{p}{q}=\pm1,\pm2,\pm3,\pm6$ Use the synthetic division to find one zero and the quadratic form as $P(x)=(x-3)(x^2+2x+2)$ Solve the quadratic part as $x=\frac{-2\pm \sqrt {4-8}}{2}=-1\pm i$ So the zeros are $3, -1\pm i$
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