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#1 2006-12-28 09:26:10

Neha
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Registered: 2006-10-11
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question

Apply Descartes' Rule of Signs to determine the possible numbers of positive roots of:

x^4 - x^3 - 3x^2 - x + 2 = 0
but not sure what i did is right....correct me if i did it wrong
f(x) = +x^4 - x^3 - 3x^2 - x + 2
f(-x) = -x^4 - (-x)^3 - 3(-x)^2 - (-x) + 2
= -x^4 + x^3 + 3x^2 + x + 2


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#2 2006-12-30 04:20:43

er.neerajsrivastava
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Registered: 2006-12-27
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Re: question

no of possitive roots = the no of times sign is changed in the eq f(x)
and no of negative roots = the no of times sign changes in eq f(-x).
so for the given eq. +ve root = 2
and -ve root =
f(-x)= x^4 + x^3 -3x^2 +x +2=0
so -ve root = 2

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#3 2006-12-30 04:31:45

krassi_holmz
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Registered: 2005-12-02
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Re: question

Hm, Interesting, I didn't know that before.


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