document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=31031>Question 31031</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131430920/algebrahomeworkh>College Algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have a question about the following problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^3-3x^2-3x-5=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I was never showed how to solve these.  The book has me VERY confused.  I am trying to find a zero.  For my p/q, I got (plus/minus) 1, 1/2, 5, 5/2.  I cannot get any of them to = 0 when I substitute.  Is my arithmetic wrong, or am I going about this the wrong way?  Wouldn't the zeros be the answers?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks Again,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Brad Olson </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2x^3-3x^2-3x-5=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F(5/2)=2*125/8-3*25/4-3*5/2-5=(250-150-60-40)/8=0...SO 5/2 IS A ROOT\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I was never showed how to solve these. The book has me VERY confused. I am trying to find a zero. For my p/q, I got (plus/minus) 1, 1/2, 5, 5/2. I cannot get any of them to = 0 when I substitute. Is my arithmetic wrong, or am I going about this the wrong way?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "SO 5/2 IS A ROOT CHECK YOUR ARITHMATIC...NOW DIVIDE WITH X-5/2 FIND THE QUOTIENT WHICH IS A QUADRATIC ,USE THE QUADRATIC FORMULA IF NEEDED TO FIND THE FACTORS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Wouldn't the zeros be the answers?  </SPAN>\n" );
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