Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 9 - Section 9.5 - Parametric Equations - Exercise Set - Page 1022: 93

Answer

The zeros of the function are $-3,\frac{1}{2}\text{ and }2$

Work Step by Step

Let us consider the function $f\left( x \right)=2{{x}^{3}}+{{x}^{2}}-13x+6$ It can be clearly seen that one of the roots of the function is 2. Therefore, $\left( x-2 \right)$ is a factor of the function. We divide the function with $\left( x-2 \right)$ to get other factors $\frac{2{{x}^{3}}+{{x}^{2}}-13x+6}{x-2}=2{{x}^{2}}+5x-3$ So, the function can be written as given below: $\begin{align} & f\left( x \right)=\left( 2{{x}^{2}}+5x-3 \right)\left( x-2 \right) \\ & =\left( x+3 \right)\left( x-2 \right)\left( x-\frac{1}{2} \right) \end{align}$ Thus, the zeros of the equation are $-3,\frac{1}{2}\text{ and }2$.
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