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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please help, this deals with the whole section.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Find all rational zeros of the polynomial. (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list. If a zero has multiplicity greater than one, only enter the root once.) \[P(x) = 10x^4 − 13x^3 − 198x^2 + 61x + 20\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I really need help please. All the problems in this section are like this.

OpenStudy (yttrium):

Do you know something about factor theorem?

OpenStudy (yttrium):

I think it's a matter of trial and error. (for the first factor)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well, thats the hard part. There is an easier way but I do not know how to do it. The upper and lower bounds to shorten your search.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Without narrowing it down, I would be testing about 15+ equations through synthetic division.

OpenStudy (yttrium):

Ooohhh. I somewhat remember it. You can let p as the factor of the coefficient and you can let q as the factor of the leading coefficient. And to find the possible roots, you have to apply p/q.

OpenStudy (yttrium):

In your case. It must be factors of 20 over factors of 10. That is: (20 or 10 or 5 or 4 or 2 or 1) over (10 or 5 or 2 or 1)

OpenStudy (yttrium):

So what are the possible roots, then? @genson0 ?

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