document.write( "Question 1099422: For the polynomial below, -2 is a zero. h(x)=x^3+8x^2+14x+4
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document.write( "h(x)=x³+8x²+14x+4\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since -2 is a zero we can form this synthetic division\r\n" );
document.write( "and get 0 remainder\r\n" );
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document.write( "-2|1  8  14  4\r\n" );
document.write( "  |  -2 -12 -4\r\n" );
document.write( "   1  6   2  0\r\n" );
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document.write( "And that means that h(x) factors this way\r\n" );
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document.write( "h(x) = (x+2)(x²+6x+2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "       x+2 = 0;      x²+6x+2 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "         x = -2;           \"x+=+%28-6+%2B-+sqrt%286%5E2-4%281%292%29%29%29%2F%282%2A1%29\" \r\n" );
document.write( "                           \"x+=+%28-6+%2B-+sqrt%2836-8%29%29%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
document.write( "                           \"x+=+%28-6+%2B-+sqrt%2828%29%29%29%2F2\"   \r\n" );
document.write( "                           \"x+=+%28-6+%2B-+sqrt%284%2A7%29%29%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
document.write( "                           \"x+=+%28-6+%2B-+2sqrt%287%29%29%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
document.write( "                           \"x+=+%28-6%29%2F2+%2B-+2sqrt%282%29%2F2\"\r\n" );
document.write( "                           \"x+=+-3+%2B-+sqrt%287%29\"  \r\n" );
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document.write( "The other zeros are \"-3%2Bsqrt%287%29\" and  \"-3-sqrt%287%29\". \r\n" );
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