RVC Solving Polynomial Functions

How do you find the zeros of a polynomial?

Things to help …

 Remainder Theorem
 Factor Theorem
 Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
 Descartes’ rule of signs
 Upper/Lower bounds
 Rational Root Test
 Intermediate Value Theorem
 Bisection Method
 Graphing Calculator
 Synthetic Division
 Guess and Check

1) Find all roots of the equation x 3 + 7 x 2 − x − 7 = 0

2) Solve the equation x 3 − 2 x + 4 = 0

3) Show that the equation 2 x 3 + 17 x 2 + 31x − 20 = 0 has at least one real root between -2
and -1
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5) Solve the equation x 4 − 3 x 3 + 27 x 2 − 75 x + 50 = 0

6) Solve the equation x 4 − 4 x 3 + 8 x 2 − 16 x + 16 = 0

7) Find the cube roots of 8

Practice
5.3 #5, 15, 21, 31, 39, 43, 51
5.4 #7, 17, 27, 30