Chapter 2: Problem 41
Find the zeros of each polynomial function. If a zero is a multiple zero, state its multiplicity. $$P(x)=6 x^{4}+23 x^{3}+19 x^{2}-8 x-4$$
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Chapter 2: Problem 41
Find the zeros of each polynomial function. If a zero is a multiple zero, state its multiplicity. $$P(x)=6 x^{4}+23 x^{3}+19 x^{2}-8 x-4$$
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In Exercises 61 to 70 , use the quadratic formula to solve each quadratic equation. $$8 x^{2}+12 x=-17$$
DIGITS OF PI In 1999, Professor Yasumasa Kanada of the University of Tokyo used a supercomputer to compute 206,158,430,000 digits of pi ( \(\pi\) ). (Source: Guinness World Records 2001, Bantam Books, p. \(252 .\) ) Computer scientists often try to find mathematical models that approximate the time a computer program takes to complete a calculation or mathematical procedure. Procedures for which the completion time can be closely modeled by a polynomial are called polynomial time procedures. Here is an example. A student finds that the time, in seconds, required to compute \(n \times 10,000\) digits of pi on a personal computer using the mathematical program MAPLE is closely approximated by $$\begin{aligned} T(n)=& 0.23245 n^{3}+0.53797 n^{2} \\ &+7.88932 n-8.53299 \end{aligned}$$ a. Evaluate \(T(n)\) to estimate how long, to the nearest second, the computer takes to compute 50,000 digits of \(\mathrm{pi}\). b. About how many digits of pi can the computer compute in 5 minutes? Round to the nearest thousand digits.
Use Descartes' Rule of Signs to state the number of possible positive and negative real zeros of each polynomial function. $$P(x)=x^{4}-1$$
Find a polynomial function of lowest degree with integer coefficients that has the given zeros. $$-1,1,-5$$
Simplify: \(\frac{x^{2}-9}{x^{2}-2 x-15}\)
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