Which is a factor of the polynomial f(x) = 6x4 – 21x3 – 4x2 + 24x – 35?

Asked by maham237 @ 26/12/2020 in Mathematics viewed by 460 People

Answered by maham237 @ 26/12/2020

I note that this problem starts out with "Which is a factor of ... " This implies that you were given several answer choices. If that's the case, it's unfortunate that you haven't shared them.

I thought I'd try finding roots of this function using synthetic division. See below:

f(x) = 6x^4 – 21x^3 – 4x^2 + 24x – 35
Please use " ^ " to denote exponentiation. Thanks.

Possible zeros of this poly are factors of 35: plus or minus 1, plus or minus 5, plus or minus 7. Use synthetic division; determine whether or not there is a non-zero remainder in each case. If none of these work, form rational divisors from 35 and 6 and try them: 5/6, 7/6, 1/6, etc.

Provided that you have copied down the function
f(x) = 6x^4 – 21x^3 – 4x^2 + 24x – 35 properly, this approach will eventually turn up 1 or 2 zeros of this poly. Obviously it'd be much easier if you'd check out the possible answers given you with this problem.

By graphing this function, I found that the graph crosses the x-axis at 7/2. There is another root.

Using synth. div. to check whether or not 7/2 is a root:

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7/2 / 6 -21 -4 24 -35
21 0 -14 35
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6 0 -4 10 0

Because the remainder is zero, 7/2 (or 3.5) is a root of the polynomial. Thus, (x-3.5), or (x-7/2), is a factor.

Which is a factor of the polynomial f(x) = 6x4 – 21x3 – 4x2 + 24x – 35?

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