document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=636899>Question 636899</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I'm trying to help a friend who is in a course segment called \"real zeros of a polynomial function\".  The math is OK, but we're stymied by the vagueness of the problem wording.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One portion of a problem boils down to \"express 1/(3x^6 + 86x^3 + 135) as a QUOTIENT\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Well, it is a quotient already. And it can't be neatly simplified or factored. What are they asking for? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #401277 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><B>josmiceli(19441)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josmiceli><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=josmiceli><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=401277\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> All I can figure is that somehow they want you to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "find the value of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, then plug it into the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "denominator, and come up with a decimal<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number for the fraction. </SPAN>\n" );
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