document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=443091>Question 443091</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help with this homework problem. How do you find the zeros of a polynomial function?  The equation is y=6x^3+17x^2+6x-8. Could you also write the function in factored form? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If you have a graphing calculator, graph the equation and find the real roots.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I get real roots at x = 1/2, x = -4/3, and x = -2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So you have factored form y = (2x-1)(3x+4)(x+2)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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