SOLUTION: The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra Use the given zero to find the remaining zeros of each polynomial function. P(x)=x^4-6x^3+71x^2-146x+530; 2+7i x intercepts = 2+7i & 2-7i

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You have the correct steps.

All that you need to do is solve for x in


Let's use the quadratic formula to solve for x:


Starting with the general quadratic



the general solution using the quadratic equation is:





So lets solve ( notice , , and )




Plug in a=1, b=-2, and c=10



Negate -2 to get 2



Square -2 to get 4 (note: remember when you square -2, you must square the negative as well. This is because .)



Multiply to get



Combine like terms in the radicand (everything under the square root)



Simplify the square root (note: If you need help with simplifying the square root, check out this solver)



Multiply 2 and 1 to get 2



After simplifying, the quadratic has roots of

or



So the remaining zeros are

or

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You've done great work ... and almost all the hard part too.
In order to be a root, the value of
must be 0 at that point
In order for a product to be 0, one or both terms must be zero.
So set and solve using the quadratic equation

You don't need to solve the term since you generated that from the two given root.
Nice work!

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Everything you have done so far is absolutely correct, but you stopped short of saying that:

=> or .

You already have the roots for since you were given one of them and used it and its conjugate to derive the trinomial in the first place. Now all you need is the roots of the quotient polynomial that came from division of the quartic by . In other words, just solve



This one adapts readily to completing the square:







or

or

In sum, the four roots of are: