SOLUTION: determine how many times -1 is a root of x^3+2x^2-x-2=0 then find the other roots

Question 47148This question is from textbook advanced mathematical concepts precalculus with applications
: determine how many times -1 is a root of x^3+2x^2-x-2=0 then find the other roots
This question is from textbook advanced mathematical concepts precalculus with applications

Found 2 solutions by Earlsdon, pizza:
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If x = -1 is a root of, then x+1 is a factor of this polynomial.
You can find the other factors and, hence, the other roots, by dividing the given polynomial by the factor (x+1)
Now factor the right side.

Now we have: and...
Applying the zero products principle, we get:
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Answer by pizza(14) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One way to do this is to factorise this into linear factors and count the times -1 appear. However, while that is the ultimate aim, the question tempts you to take out the factors one at a time.

First, to show that -1 is a root, you plug -1 into the equation.
So if
Then f(-1) = -1 + 2 + 1 - 2 = 0

This means that -1 is a root of f(x) at least once. This is an application of the remainder theorem. Anyway, knowing this, we can divide the polynomial f(x) by (x -(-1))=(x+1), knowing that there is no remainder.

At this point, one can directly factorise the quadratic, or apply remainder theorem again. If you apply the remainder theorem to the quadratic with x = -1, you get (-1)^2 -1 - 2 = -2. So, no, -1 is not a root again. In the end, to find the other roots, we have to factorise the quadratic ourselves to get
f(x) = (x+1)(x-1)(x+2)
So the roots are 1, -1, -2

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