SOLUTION: find any rational roots for the equation: 4x^4 + 4x^3 + 17x^2 + 16x + 4 =0

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Question 41957: find any rational roots for the equation: 4x^4 + 4x^3 + 17x^2 + 16x + 4 =0
Answer by fractalier(1829) About Me  (Show Source):
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Here the rational root possibilities are
±1, ±2, ±4, ±1/4, and ±1/2
Once again try to see which ones are solutions via synthetic division...
The only one that works is
x = -1/2