SOLUTION: what are the posItive and negative and real zeros for P(X)=X^3-X^2-X-5

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Question 977974: what are the posItive and negative and real zeros for
P(X)=X^3-X^2-X-5

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Test the polynomial using synthetic division for possible roots, -1, -5, 1, 5. Any remainders 0 ?

If you do not yet know synthetic division then use polynomial division for divisors x+1, x+5, x-1, x-5. What do you find as the remainders?