SOLUTION: Given: P(x)= x^3-3x^2+x-3 and c=3 Show that c is a root of P(x) Show that x-c is a factor of P(x)

SOLUTION: Given: P(x)= x^3-3x^2+x-3 and c=3 Show that c is a root of P(x) Show that x-c is a factor of P(x)

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Question 379486: Given: P(x)= x^3-3x^2+x-3 and c=3
Show that c is a root of P(x)
Show that x-c is a factor of P(x)
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
. Thus 3 is a root of P(x). By the factor theorem, x - 3 divides, or is a factor of, P(x).
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