SOLUTION: Solve the following equation: x^3+x^2+2x-4=0. Show your work

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Question 873216: Solve the following equation: x^3+x^2+2x-4=0. Show your work
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solve the following equation: x^3+x^2+2x-4=0. Show your work
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The sum of the coefficients is zero, so x = 1 is a solution.
Find the complex solutions by 1st using synthetic division::
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1)...1...1...2...-4
......1...2..4..|..0
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Use the Quadratic Formula on x^2 + 2x + 4 = 0
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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