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For this item, we are going to solve the given polynomial equation.
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Let's start off by listing our possible rational roots.
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We would take the factors of the final constant, divide them by the factors of the leading coefficient.
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Since the leading coefficient is just one, we would have a positive negative 1, 2, 4, and 8.
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As our possible rational roots.
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That's not too bad.
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Let's also consider, let's use descartes rule of signs, and let's consider how many possible positive and negative roots we might have.
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So here we know this is a positive, so we have a change here, and that's it.
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So we know there is going to be one positive, that's good to know.
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We've got some certainty there.
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Let's consider the negative case.
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This would still be x to the fourth, become positive 3x cubed.
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It would remain 20x squared, become positive 24x minus 8.
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Let's look at what we have here for sign changes.
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We've got one here, a second here, a third here.
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So that would predict that we've got three or one negative roots.
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So what i find to be positive about this is that we definitely have one positive.
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We definitely have one negative.
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So we can proceed from there.
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Let's at least try synthetic division a couple times and see if we can knock this quardic down a bit in degree.
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Let's start with negative 1.
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Let's see, we've got 1, negative 3, negative 20, negative 24, and negative 8.
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Bring down the 1, multiply and add.
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Multiply and add.
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Multiply, add, and we got one.
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Nice.
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All right, so we know that we've got 1 root.
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Which is negative 1.
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So that could be this one.
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We know we've got 1.
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I'm going to try a positive.
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Let's go with 2.
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See if we get lucky.
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Drop the 1.
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Multiply and add.
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Multiply and add 2 times negative.
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Oh, that's not going to work, is it? all right.
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I want to make sure i did that multiplication correct.
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I did.
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All right, so let's restart again.
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1, negative 4, negative 16, negative 8.
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Let's try 4.
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4 looks like it might work because look at all these numbers here.
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I don't know, we'll see.
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Drop the 1 and multiply.
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So we've got a 0 already.
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0.
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Negative 16, that's not going to work.
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So i guess i'm going to try positive 1.
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We had a 1, negative 4, negative 16, negative 8.
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1, 1 add.
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Multiply, i was going to say this does not look good.
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That's not working either.
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You know, let's take a look at the graph.
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I wonder if there's something in my calculation here that's going on.
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Let's take a look at this graph.
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X to the 4th, x to the 4th.
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Let's look back to the equation.
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Minus 3x cubed, minus 20x squared...