Warm Up: Put on the back of guided notes Divide: (x3 – x2 – 4x +24) ÷ (x + 3)
Solving Special Cases
Let’s list all of the ways we have found to solve:
# of solutions A polynomial equation has the same number of solutions as its degree! How many solutions does each poly have? 1) 4x3 - 4x + 4 = 0 2) 3x2 + x + 3 = 0 3) 5x4 + 7x - 1 = 0
Solve: x3 – x2 – 4x + 24 = 0 Can we factor? Quadratic Formula? Complete the square? So…. Only way to solve is by graphing.
Graph x3 – x2 – 4x + 24 = 0 How many x-intercepts do you see Graph x3 – x2 – 4x + 24 = 0 How many x-intercepts do you see? How many should there be? What does that mean?
How do we find the other solutions? x3 – x2 - 4x + 24= 0 1) Use the one real solution and turn it into a factor. 2) Use long division to divide. 3) Solve the remaining quadratic by one of our methods.
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