Chapter 15
Basic Technical Mathematics with Calculus · 151 exercises
Problem 3
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$x^{3}+2 x^{2}-x-2=0$$
6 step solution
Problem 3
Find the roots of the given equations by inspection. $$(x+2)\left(x^{2}-9\right)=0$$
5 step solution
Problem 4
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$2 x^{3}+5 x^{2}-x+6=0$$
6 step solution
Problem 4
Find the roots of the given equations by inspection. $$x(2 x+5)^{2}\left(x^{2}-64\right)=0$$
7 step solution
Problem 5
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$x^{3}+2 x^{2}-5 x-6=0$$
5 step solution
Problem 5
Find the roots of the given equations by inspection. $$\left(x^{2}+6 x+9\right)\left(x^{2}+4\right)=0$$
4 step solution
Problem 5
Find the remainder by long division. $$\left(x^{3}+2 x-8\right) \div(x-2)$$
6 step solution
Problem 6
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$t^{3}-12 t-16=0$$
5 step solution
Problem 6
Find the roots of the given equations by inspection. $$\left(4 y^{2}+9\right)\left(25 y^{2}-10 y+1\right)=0$$
5 step solution
Problem 6
Find the remainder by long division. $$\left(x^{4}-4 x^{3}-x^{2}+x-100\right) \div(x+3)$$
8 step solution
Problem 7
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$3 x^{4}-x^{2}-2 x=0$$
7 step solution
Problem 7
Solve the given equations using synthetic division, given the roots indicated. $$x^{3}-3 x^{2}-4 x+12=0 \quad\left(r_{1}=3\right)$$
6 step solution
Problem 7
Find the remainder by long division. $$\left(2 x^{5}-x^{2}+8 x+44\right) \div(x+2)$$
6 step solution
Problem 8
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$21 t^{3}+56 t^{2}-7=0$$
6 step solution
Problem 8
Solve the given equations using synthetic division, given the roots indicated. $$R^{3}+1=0 \quad\left(r_{1}=-1\right)$$
6 step solution
Problem 8
Find the remainder by long division. $$\left(4 s^{3}-9 s^{2}-24 s-17\right) \div(s-5)$$
5 step solution
Problem 9
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$3 x^{3}+11 x^{2}+5 x-3=0$$
5 step solution
Problem 9
Solve the given equations using synthetic division, given the roots indicated. $$2 x^{3}+11 x^{2}+20 x+12=0 \quad\left(r_{1}=-\frac{3}{2}\right)$$
7 step solution
Problem 9
Find the remainder by long division. $$\left(2 x^{4}-3 x^{3}-2 x^{2}-15 x-16\right) \div(2 x-3)$$
8 step solution
Problem 10
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$4 x^{3}-16 x^{2}+21 x-9=0$$
5 step solution
Problem 10
Solve the given equations using synthetic division, given the roots indicated. $$4 x^{3}+6 x^{2}-2 x-1=0 \quad\left(r_{1}=\frac{1}{2}\right)$$
3 step solution
Problem 10
Find the remainder by long division. $$\left(2 x^{4}-11 x^{2}-15 x-17\right) \div(2 x+1)$$
3 step solution
Problem 11
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$x^{4}-11 x^{2}-12 x+4=0$$
6 step solution
Problem 11
Solve the given equations using synthetic division. given the roots indicated. $$6 x^{3}+4 x^{2}+6 x+4=0 \quad\left(r_{1}=j\right)$$
8 step solution
Problem 11
Find the remainder using the remainder theorem.Do not use synthetic division. $$\left(R^{4}+R^{3}-9 R^{2}+3\right) \div(R+4)$$
5 step solution
Problem 11
Find the remainder using the remainder theorem. Do not use synthetic division. \(\left(R^{4}+R^{3}-9 R^{2}+3\right) \div(R+4)\)
4 step solution
Problem 12
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$8 x^{4}-32 x^{3}-x+4=0$$
8 step solution
Problem 12
Solve the given equations using synthetic division. given the roots indicated. $$3 x^{3}+15 x^{2}+27 x+15=0 \quad\left(r_{1}=-2+j\right)$$
5 step solution
Problem 12
Find the remainder using the remainder theorem.Do not use synthetic division. $$\left(4 x^{4}-x^{3}+5 x-7\right) \div(x-5)$$
4 step solution
Problem 12
Find the remainder using the remainder theorem. Do not use synthetic division. \(\left(4 x^{4}-x^{3}+5 x-7\right) \div(x-5)\)
6 step solution
Problem 13
Solve the given equations using synthetic division, given the roots indicated. $$t^{3}-7 t^{2}+17 t-15=0 \quad\left(r_{1}=2+j\right)$$
5 step solution
Problem 13
Find the remainder using the remainder theorem.Do not use synthetic division. $$\left(2 x^{4}-7 x^{3}-x^{2}+8\right) \div(x-3)$$
5 step solution
Problem 13
Find the remainder using the remainder theorem. Do not use synthetic division. \(\left(2 x^{4}-7 x^{3}-x^{2}+8\right) \div(x-3)\)
6 step solution
Problem 14
Solve the given equations using synthetic division, given the roots indicated. $$x^{4}-2 x^{3}-20 x^{2}-8 x-96=0 \quad\left(r_{1}=6, r_{2}=-4\right)$$
4 step solution
Problem 14
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$8 n^{4}-34 n^{2}+28 n-6=0$$
5 step solution
Problem 14
Find the remainder using the remainder theorem.Do not use synthetic division. $$\left(3 n^{4}-13 n^{2}+10 n-10\right) \div(n+4)$$
6 step solution
Problem 14
Find the remainder using the remainder theorem. Do not use synthetic division. \(\left(3 n^{4}-13 n^{2}+10 n-10\right) \div(n+4)\)
5 step solution
Problem 15
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$12 x^{4}+44 x^{3}+21 x^{2}-11 x=6$$
7 step solution
Problem 15
Solve the given equations using synthetic division, given the roots indicated. $$2 x^{4}-19 x^{3}+39 x^{2}+35 x-25=0 \quad(5 \text { is a double root })$$
5 step solution
Problem 15
Find the remainder using the remainder theorem.Do not use synthetic division. $$\left(x^{5}-3 x^{3}+5 x^{2}-10 x+6\right) \div(x+2)$$
5 step solution
Problem 15
Find the remainder using the remainder theorem. Do not use synthetic division. \(\left(x^{5}-3 x^{3}+5 x^{2}-10 x+6\right) \div(x+2)\)
6 step solution
Problem 16
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$9 x^{4}-3 x^{3}+34 x^{2}-12 x=8$$
5 step solution
Problem 16
Solve the given equations using synthetic division, given the roots indicated. $$4 n^{4}+28 n^{3}+61 n^{2}+42 n+9=0 \quad(-3 \text { is a double root })$$
8 step solution
Problem 16
Find the remainder using the remainder theorem.Do not use synthetic division. $$\left(3 x^{4}-12 x^{3}-60 x+4\right) \div(x-0.5)$$
7 step solution
Problem 16
Find the remainder using the remainder theorem. Do not use synthetic division. \(\left(3 x^{4}-12 x^{3}-60 x+4\right) \div(x-0.5)\)
6 step solution
Problem 17
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$D^{5}+D^{4}-9 D^{3}-5 D^{2}+16 D+12=0$$
6 step solution
Problem 17
Solve the given equations using synthetic division, given the roots indicated. $$6 x^{4}+5 x^{3}-15 x^{2}+4=0 \quad\left(r_{1}=-\frac{1}{2}, r_{2}=\frac{2}{3}\right)$$
6 step solution
Problem 17
Use the factor theorem to determine whether or not the second expression is a factor of the first expression. Do not use synthetic division. $$8 x^{3}+2 x^{2}-32 x-8, x-2$$
5 step solution
Problem 18
Solve the given equations without using a calculator. $$x^{6}-x^{4}-14 x^{2}+24=0$$
6 step solution
Problem 18
Solve the given equations using synthetic division, given the roots indicated. $$6 x^{4}-5 x^{3}-14 x^{2}+14 x-3=0 \quad\left(r_{1}=\frac{1}{3}, r_{2}=\frac{3}{2}\right)$$
7 step solution