How do you find the number of possible positive real zeros and negative zeros then determine the rational zeros given #f(x)=10x^3-17x^2-7x+2#?
1 Answer
Nov 29, 2016
Explanation:
The number of changes in the signs of coefficients of f(x) is 2. So thr
limit for the number of positive roots is 2.
Likewise, this number for f(-x) is 1. So, the number of negative roots
is either 0 or 1.
As f(2) = 0, 2 is a zero of f, and so,