document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=737610>Question 737610</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve.  Remember to use the Rational Zero Theorem, Descartes' Rule of Signs, reduce to a quadratic, and then solve by using factoring or the Quadratic Formula.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = x3 - 7x2 + 15x - 25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #450470 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=450470\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> See question #737608.  Two of us answered that one which is identical to the current question.  The other tutor seems to have removed his answer, not sure why.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Contrary to what I felt about my use of Rule of Signs, I handled the Descartes rule better than I felt at that time; I rechecked information about the rule.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My first root to test was a lucky guess, so immediately I found +5 as the only Real root.  The other two in the resulting quadratic are complex with an imaginary component.   </SPAN>\n" );
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