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factor p(x)=6x^(5)-11x^(4)-15x^(3)+45x^(2)-31x+6
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Answered by
oobleck
6x^5 - 11x^4 - 15x^3 + 45x^2 - 31x + 6 = 0
rational roots will be ±1,±2,±3, ...
So try the easy ones first. You can easily see that x=1 will work, since the coefficients add to zero.
6x^5 - 11x^4 - 15x^3 + 45x^2 - 31x + 6 = (x-1)(6x^4-5x^3-20x^2+26x-6)
Again, x=1 will work, and we have
6x^5 - 11x^4 - 15x^3 + 45x^2 - 31x + 6 = (x-1)^2 (6x^3+x^2-19x+6)
Now a little synthetic division yields
(x-1)^2 (x+2)(6x^2-11x+3)
and that factors to
(x-1)^2 (x+2)(2x-3)(3x-1)
rational roots will be ±1,±2,±3, ...
So try the easy ones first. You can easily see that x=1 will work, since the coefficients add to zero.
6x^5 - 11x^4 - 15x^3 + 45x^2 - 31x + 6 = (x-1)(6x^4-5x^3-20x^2+26x-6)
Again, x=1 will work, and we have
6x^5 - 11x^4 - 15x^3 + 45x^2 - 31x + 6 = (x-1)^2 (6x^3+x^2-19x+6)
Now a little synthetic division yields
(x-1)^2 (x+2)(6x^2-11x+3)
and that factors to
(x-1)^2 (x+2)(2x-3)(3x-1)
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