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3 years ago

Find a rational zero of the polynomial function and use it to find all the zeros of the function. f(x) = x4 + 3x3 - 5x2 - 9x - 2

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olchik [2.2K]3 years ago

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Polynomials in the fourth degree are called quartic equations. In solving the roots of polynomials, there are techniques available. For quadratic equations, you use the quadratic formula. For cubic equations, you use the scientific calculator. But for quartic equations and higher, it is very complex. The method is very lengthy and can get very messy because you introduce a lot variables. So, I suggest you do the easiest method to estimate the roots.

Graph the equation by plotting arbitrary points. The graph looks like that in the figure. The points at which the curve passes the x-axis are the solution which are encircled in red.In approximation, the rational roots or zero's are -3.73, -1, -0.28 and 2.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Assuming this previous info : "Trucks carry barrels of crude oil from a port in Texas to a distributer in New Mexico on long trailers. Filling equipment is used to fill the barrels with the oil. When functioning properly, the actual volume of oil loaded into each barrel by the filling equipment at the port is approximately normally distributed with a mean of 55 gallons and a standard deviation of 0.5 gallons. If the mean is greater than 55.4 gallons, the filling mechanism is overfilling."

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Normal distribution, is a "probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean".

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Solution to the problem

Let X the random variable that represent the amount filling of a population, and for this case we know the distribution for X is given by:

$X \sim N(55,0.5)$

Where $\mu=55$ and $\sigma=0.5$

We are interested on this probability

$P(X>55.4)$

And the best way to solve this problem is using the normal standard distribution and the z score given by:

$z=\frac{x-\mu}{\sigma}$

If we apply this formula to our probability we got this:

$P(X>55.4)=P(\frac{X-\mu}{\sigma}>\frac{55.4-\mu}{\sigma})=P(Z>\frac{55.4-55}{0.5})=P(Z>0.8)$

And we can find this probability using the complement rule:

$P(Z>0.8)=1-P(Z\leq 0.8)$

And in order to find these probabilities we can use tables for the normal standard distribution, excel or a calculator.

$P(Z>0.8)=1-0.788=0.212$

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f(x) = x³ + x² - 5x + 3

Step-by-step explanation:

The cubic polynomial has zeros at 1, 1, - 3.

Therefore, x = 1, 1, - 3 are the roots of the polynomial and hence, (x - 1), (x - 1) and (x + 3) will be factors of the cubic polynomial.

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