Determine the Possible Number of Real Roots p(x)=(x^2+6x+9)(x+3)

$p (x) = (x^{2} + 6 x + 9) (x + 3)$

Step 1

Simplify and reorder the polynomial in descending order to use Descartes rule.

Expand $(x^{2} + 6 x + 9) (x + 3)$ by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.

$x^{2} x + x^{2} \cdot 3 + 6 x \cdot x + 6 x \cdot 3 + 9 x + 9 \cdot 3$

Simplify terms.

Simplify each term.

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $x$ .

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$x^{2} x^{1} + x^{2} \cdot 3 + 6 x \cdot x + 6 x \cdot 3 + 9 x + 9 \cdot 3$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$x^{2 + 1} + x^{2} \cdot 3 + 6 x \cdot x + 6 x \cdot 3 + 9 x + 9 \cdot 3$

Add $2$ and $1$ .

$x^{3} + x^{2} \cdot 3 + 6 x \cdot x + 6 x \cdot 3 + 9 x + 9 \cdot 3$

Move $3$ to the left of $x^{2}$ .

$x^{3} + 3 \cdot x^{2} + 6 x \cdot x + 6 x \cdot 3 + 9 x + 9 \cdot 3$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$x^{3} + 3 x^{2} + 6 (x \cdot x) + 6 x \cdot 3 + 9 x + 9 \cdot 3$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$x^{3} + 3 x^{2} + 6 x^{2} + 6 x \cdot 3 + 9 x + 9 \cdot 3$

Multiply $3$ by $6$ .

$x^{3} + 3 x^{2} + 6 x^{2} + 18 x + 9 x + 9 \cdot 3$

Multiply $9$ by $3$ .

$x^{3} + 3 x^{2} + 6 x^{2} + 18 x + 9 x + 27$

Simplify by adding terms.

Add $3 x^{2}$ and $6 x^{2}$ .

$x^{3} + 9 x^{2} + 18 x + 9 x + 27$

Add $18 x$ and $9 x$ .

$x^{3} + 9 x^{2} + 27 x + 27$

Step 2

To find the possible number of positive roots, look at the signs on the coefficients and count the number of times the signs on the coefficients change from positive to negative or negative to positive.

$f (x) = x^{3} + 9 x^{2} + 27 x + 27$

Step 3

Since there are $0$ sign changes from the highest order term to the lowest, there are at most $0$ positive roots (Descartes\' Rule of Signs).

Positive Roots: $0$

Step 4

To find the possible number of negative roots, replace $x$ with $- x$ and repeat the sign comparison.

$f (- x) = {(- x)}^{3} + 9 {(- x)}^{2} + 27 (- x) + 27$

Step 5

Simplify each term.

Apply the product rule to $- x$ .

$f (- x) = {(- 1)}^{3} x^{3} + 9 {(- x)}^{2} + 27 (- x) + 27$

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $3$ .

$f (- x) = - x^{3} + 9 {(- x)}^{2} + 27 (- x) + 27$

Apply the product rule to $- x$ .

$f (- x) = - x^{3} + 9 ({(- 1)}^{2} x^{2}) + 27 (- x) + 27$

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $2$ .

$f (- x) = - x^{3} + 9 (1 x^{2}) + 27 (- x) + 27$

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $1$ .

$f (- x) = - x^{3} + 9 x^{2} + 27 (- x) + 27$

Multiply $- 1$ by $27$ .

$f (- x) = - x^{3} + 9 x^{2} - 27 x + 27$

Step 6

Since there are $3$ sign changes from the highest order term to the lowest, there are at most $3$ negative roots (Descartes\' Rule of Signs). The other possible numbers of negative roots are found by subtracting off pairs of roots (e.g. $3 - 2$ ).

Negative Roots: $3$ or $1$

Step 7

The possible number of positive roots is $0$ , and the possible number of negative roots is $3$ or $1$ .

Positive Roots: $0$

Negative Roots: $3$ or $1$

Determine the Possible Number of Real Roots p(x)=(x^2+6x+9)(x+3)

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