SOLUTION: identify the root to the nearest tenth. y=2x^4+x^2-3

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Question 7077: identify the root to the nearest tenth.
y=2x^4+x^2-3
Found 2 solutions by ichudov, khwang:
Answer by ichudov(507)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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  • This is an equation! Solutions: x=1,x=-1.
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Look at .
Equation highlight_red%28+2%2Ax%5E4%2Bx%5E2-3=0+%29 is a quadratic equation, if we substitute : and has solutions Z= 1 and solution : 1,-1
It becomes .
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This is an equation! Solutions: x=1,x=-1.

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Answer by khwang(438)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
2x^4+x^2-3=0
-> (2x^2 + 3) (x^2 -1) = 0
--> (2x^2 + 3) (x -1)(x+1) = 0
--> x =1 ,-1 or +i sqrt(3/2) or -i sqrt(3/2) (or +/-sqrt(6)/2)

I don't do the approx. values that are left for you.
(two real roots and two complex conjugates).
Kenny
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