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document.write( "f(x)=2x^3+5x^2-x-6\r
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document.write( "I need to find the actual zeros on my calculator. Then, show the correct factorization of the function. Thanks.
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document.write( " =  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is easy to check that x = 1 is the root.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Further, it means that the left side polynomial has a factor (x-1).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Make the long division of by x-1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You will get the quadratic polynomial as the quotient.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then find its roots.\r\n" );
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document.write( "And the last thing. Do you know that if  ,  and  are the roots of a polynomial of the third degree, \r\n" );
document.write( "then this polynomial is the product  , \r\n" );
document.write( "where a is its leading coefficient at  ?\r\n" );
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document.write( "That is all.\r\n" );
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