P (x) = x^5+6x^3+5x^2+30 what is the real number roots of p and how many distinct, real number roots does p have.

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Ana Peterson

2 October, 10:38

P (x) = x^5+6x^3+5x^2+30 what is the real number roots of p and how many distinct, real number roots does p have.

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Kaleigh Woodard · Answer 1

One way of attacking this problem is to graph the given function p (x) with a graphing calculator. My results showed immediately that the graph crosses the x-axis in only one place.

Therefore, p (x) has only one distinct, real number root, and that root is approx. x=-1.2.