Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

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

Chapter 3 - Section 3.3 - Dividng Polynomials - 3.3 Exercises - Page 274: 60

Answer

$-1,3$

Work Step by Step

Use Remainder and Factor Theorem: $P(-2)=3\times16+8-21\times4+11\times2+6=0$ $P(\frac{1}{3})=\frac{3}{81}-\frac{1}{27}-\frac{21}{9}-\frac{11}{3}+6=0$ which proves that $-2,\frac{1}{3}$ are zeros of P. Use synthetic division, we can reduce P to quadratic form $P(x)=(x+2)(3x-1)(x^2-2x-3)=(x+2)(3x-1)(x+1)(x-3)$ so the other two zeros are $-1,3$
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