SOLUTION: for the following function, one zero is given. find the other zeros. P(x)=x^3-6x^2+3x+10; -1

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Question 86648: for the following function, one zero is given. find the other zeros.
P(x)=x^3-6x^2+3x+10; -1

Answer by Earlsdon(6294)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Given one of the zeros (x = -1), find the other zeros of:
First, if x = -1 then x+1 = 0 and this is one of the three solutions to this equation.
Divide the quadrinomial by (x+1) to get .
Now factor this quadratic to get .
These are the other two solutions, so...
are the other zeros.

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