Find roots of polynomial $$ p(x) = 1+5x^2+2x^3 $$
Answer
The roots of polynomial $ p(x) $ are:
$$ \begin{aligned}x_1 &= -2.5754\\[1 em]x_2 &= 0.0377+0.439i\\[1 em]x_3 &= 0.0377-0.439i \end{aligned} $$Explanation
Step 1:
Write polynomial in descending order
$$ \begin{aligned} 1+5x^2+2x^3 & = 0\\[1 em] 2x^3+5x^2+1 & = 0 \end{aligned} $$Step 2:
Polynomial $ 2x^3+5x^2+1 $ has no rational roots that can be found using Rational Root Test, so the roots were found using qubic formulas.
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