$$-17x^3+5x^2+34x-10 = 0$$

$$ \begin{matrix}x_1 = \dfrac{ 5 }{ 17 } & x_2 = -\sqrt{ 2 } & x_3 = \sqrt{ 2 } \end{matrix} $$

$ \color{blue}{ -17x^{3}+5x^{2}+34x-10 } $ is a polynomial of degree 3. To find zeros for polynomials of degree 3 or higher we use Rational Root Test.

The Rational Root Theorem tells you that if the polynomial has a rational zero then it must be a fraction $ \dfrac{p}{q} $, where p is a factor of the trailing constant and q is a factor of the leading coefficient.

The factors of the leading coefficient ( -17 ) are 1 17 .The factors of the constant term (-10) are 1 2 5 10 . Then the Rational Roots Tests yields the following possible solutions:

$$ \pm \frac{ 1 }{ 1 } , ~ \pm \frac{ 1 }{ 17 } , ~ \pm \frac{ 2 }{ 1 } , ~ \pm \frac{ 2 }{ 17 } , ~ \pm \frac{ 5 }{ 1 } , ~ \pm \frac{ 5 }{ 17 } , ~ \pm \frac{ 10 }{ 1 } , ~ \pm \frac{ 10 }{ 17 } ~ $$

Substitute the POSSIBLE roots one by one into the polynomial to find the actual roots. Start first with the whole numbers.

If we plug these values into the polynomial $ P(x) $, we obtain $ P(\frac{ 5 }{ 17 }) = 0 $.

To find remaining zeros we use Factor Theorem. This theorem states that if $\frac{p}{q}$ is root of the polynomial then this polynomial can be divided with $ \color{blue}{q x - p} $. In this example:

Divide $ P(x) $ with $ \color{blue}{ 17 x - 5 } $

$$ \frac{ -17x^{3}+5x^{2}+34x-10 }{ \color{blue}{ 17x - 5 } } = -x^{2}+2 $$

Polynomial $ -x^{2}+2 $ can be used to find the remaining roots.

$ \color{blue}{ -x^{2}+2 } $ is a second degree polynomial. For a detailed answer how to find its roots you can use step-by-step quadratic equation solver.

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