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9-121.

  1. Carlos is always playing games with his graphing calculator, but now his calculator has contracted a virus. The and functions on his calculator are not working. He needs to solve x3 + 5x2 − 16x −14 = 0, so he graphs y = x3 + 5x2 − 16x − 14 and sees the graph below in the standard window. Homework Help ✎

    1. From the graph, what appears to be an integer solution to the equation?

    2. Check your answer from part (a) in the equation.

    3. Since x = −7 is a solution to the equation, what is the factor associated with this solution?

    4. Use polynomial division to find the other factor.

    5. Use your new factor to complete this equation: Homework Help ✎
      x3 + 5x2 − 16x −14 = (x + 7)(other factor) = 0

    6. The “other factor” leads to two other solutions to the equation. Find these two new solutions and give all three solutions to the original equation.

x = −7

y = −343 + 245 + 112 −14
y = 0

(x + 7)

Divide x3 + 5x2 −16x −14 by x + 7 using a generic rectangle.

x2 −2x −2

x 3 + 5x 2 − 16x − 14 = (x + 7)(x 2 − 2x − 2) = 0

Try using the quadratic formula.

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