SOLUTION: Please help me find all the zeros of this function. y= 5x^3 - 5x

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Question 817681: Please help me find all the zeros of this function. y= 5x^3 - 5x
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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factor out 5x
y=5x*(x^2-1)
x^2-1 can be factored to (x+1)*(x-1)
so the zeros are
5x=0 x=0
x+1=0 x=-1
x-1=0 x=1