Question #7b374

1 Answer
Jan 8, 2018

x~~0.86887...

Explanation:

There is not really an algebraic way to do this, besides [Newton's method.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_method)

I used Symbolab (an online math engine like Wolfram-Alpha), and got x~~0.86887....

An alternative way would be to graph -6x^3-18x^2-4x+21=0. graph{-6x^3-18x^2-4x+21 [-5.59, 4.41, -3.98, 1.02]}

If click on around x=0.869, it comes up with y=0, so x=0.869 would also be a value.