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OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

Help!! 4mins! f(x)=x^3+3x^2-10x-8 Rational root Theorm.

myininaya (myininaya):

what do you want to do with the rational root thm? do you want to say what the possible rational roots are?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

umm, Yes.

myininaya (myininaya):

give all the factors of -8

myininaya (myininaya):

\[\pm 1, \pm 2, \pm 4, \pm 8\]

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

That's it? :D is there any particular method?

OpenStudy (amistre64):

take the first and last numbers:\[\pm\frac{factor.last}{factor.1^{st}}\]

OpenStudy (amistre64):

\[\pm\frac{1,8,2,4}{1}\]

OpenStudy (amistre64):

simplify and weed out the doubles

myininaya (myininaya):

yep yep

myininaya (myininaya):

is my 4mins up?

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

Thanks. sent. :D

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