How do you use the rational root theorem to find the roots of # f(x)=x^5-3x^2-4#?
1 Answer
Aug 21, 2015
(as far as I can tell)
Explanation:
According to the Rational Root Theorem:
any rational roots of
must be of the form:
The only possible rational roots are therefore:
Since none of these give a value for
all possible rational roots provided by the Rational Root Theorem are extraneous.