document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=392830>Question 392830</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> using your calculator find the one real possitive solution to the equation x^3+5x^2-7=0 round oyur answer to the nearest hundreth </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #278859 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=278859\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Always helps to graph the polynomial so you know what you're looking at. We have the graph:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The positive real solution appears to be approximately 1, so if you have a TI calculator, use nsolve:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "nsolve(x^3 + 5x^2 - 7 = 0, x, 1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Another way you could solve it using a calculator is via Newton's Method, which uses a recursive sequence to approximate the zero. </SPAN>\n" );
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