Answer:
a) Yes
b) No
c) Yes
d) No
e) No
Step-by-step explanation:
Right triangle:
The square of the larger side is equals to the sum of the squares of the smaller sides.
a. 6, 8, 10
The answer is yes.
b. 8, 15, 16
So no.
c. 10, 24, 26
So yes
d. 20, 21, 28
So no.
e. 9, 35, 41
Answer:
b.
Step-by-step explanation:
We have to look at sign changes in f(x) to determine the possible positive real roots.
There is only one sign change here, between the -8x and the +4. So that means there is only 1 possible real positive root.
Now we have to look at sign changes in f(-x) to determine the possible negative real roots.
There are 3 sign changes here. That means there are either 3 negative roots or 3-2 = 1 negative root. So we have:
1 positive
3 or 1 negative
We need to pair them up now with all the possible combinations.
If we have 1 positive and 1 negative, we have to have 2 imaginary
If we have 1 positive and 3 negative, we have to have 0 imaginary
Keep in mind that the total number or roots--positive, negative, imaginary--have to add up to equal the degree of the polynomial. This is a 4th degree polynomial, so we will have 4 roots.