Find the Roots (Zeros) (x^3-13x^2+47x-35)÷(x-1)

$(x^{3} - 13 x^{2} + 47 x - 35) \div (x - 1)$

Step 1

Set $(x^{3} - 13 x^{2} + 47 x - 35) \div (x - 1)$ equal to $0$ .

$(x^{3} - 13 x^{2} + 47 x - 35) \div (x - 1) = 0$

Step 2

Solve for $x$ .

Set the numerator equal to zero.

$x^{3} - 13 x^{2} + 47 x - 35 = 0$

Solve the equation for $x$ .

Factor the left side of the equation.

Factor $x^{3} - 13 x^{2} + 47 x - 35$ using the rational roots test.

If a polynomial function has integer coefficients, then every rational zero will have the form $\frac{p}{q}$ where $p$ is a factor of the constant and $q$ is a factor of the leading coefficient.

$p = \pm 1, \pm 35, \pm 5, \pm 7 q = \pm 1$

Find every combination of $\pm \frac{p}{q}$ . These are the possible roots of the polynomial function.

$\pm 1, \pm 35, \pm 5, \pm 7$

Substitute $1$ and simplify the expression. In this case, the expression is equal to $0$ so $1$ is a root of the polynomial.

Substitute $1$ into the polynomial.

$1^{3} - 13 \cdot 1^{2} + 47 \cdot 1 - 35$

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

$1 - 13 \cdot 1^{2} + 47 \cdot 1 - 35$

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

$1 - 13 \cdot 1 + 47 \cdot 1 - 35$

Multiply $- 13$ by $1$ .

$1 - 13 + 47 \cdot 1 - 35$

Subtract $13$ from $1$ .

$- 12 + 47 \cdot 1 - 35$

Multiply $47$ by $1$ .

$- 12 + 47 - 35$

Add $- 12$ and $47$ .

$35 - 35$

Subtract $35$ from $35$ .

$0$

Since $1$ is a known root, divide the polynomial by $x - 1$ to find the quotient polynomial. This polynomial can then be used to find the remaining roots.

$\frac{x^{3} - 13 x^{2} + 47 x - 35}{x - 1}$

Divide $x^{3} - 13 x^{2} + 47 x - 35$ by $x - 1$ .

Set up the polynomials to be divided. If there is not a term for every exponent, insert one with a value of $0$ .

$x$

$1$

$x^{3}$

$13 x^{2}$

$47 x$

$35$

Divide the highest order term in the dividend $x^{3}$ by the highest order term in divisor $x$ .

					$x^{2}$
	$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

				$x^{2}$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			+	$x^{3}$	-	$x^{2}$

The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in $x^{3} - x^{2}$

				$x^{2}$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$x^{2}$

After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.

				$x^{2}$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$x^{2}$
					-	$12 x^{2}$

Pull the next terms from the original dividend down into the current dividend.

				$x^{2}$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$x^{2}$
					-	$12 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$

Divide the highest order term in the dividend $- 12 x^{2}$ by the highest order term in divisor $x$ .

				$x^{2}$	-	$12 x$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$x^{2}$
					-	$12 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

				$x^{2}$	-	$12 x$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$x^{2}$
					-	$12 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$
					-	$12 x^{2}$	+	$12 x$

The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in $- 12 x^{2} + 12 x$

				$x^{2}$	-	$12 x$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$x^{2}$
					-	$12 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$
					+	$12 x^{2}$	-	$12 x$

After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.

				$x^{2}$	-	$12 x$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$x^{2}$
					-	$12 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$
					+	$12 x^{2}$	-	$12 x$
							+	$35 x$

Pull the next terms from the original dividend down into the current dividend.

				$x^{2}$	-	$12 x$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$x^{2}$
					-	$12 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$
					+	$12 x^{2}$	-	$12 x$
							+	$35 x$	-	$35$

Divide the highest order term in the dividend $35 x$ by the highest order term in divisor $x$ .

				$x^{2}$	-	$12 x$	+	$35$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$x^{2}$
					-	$12 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$
					+	$12 x^{2}$	-	$12 x$
							+	$35 x$	-	$35$

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

				$x^{2}$	-	$12 x$	+	$35$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$x^{2}$
					-	$12 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$
					+	$12 x^{2}$	-	$12 x$
							+	$35 x$	-	$35$
							+	$35 x$	-	$35$

The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in $35 x - 35$

				$x^{2}$	-	$12 x$	+	$35$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$x^{2}$
					-	$12 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$
					+	$12 x^{2}$	-	$12 x$
							+	$35 x$	-	$35$
							-	$35 x$	+	$35$

After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.

				$x^{2}$	-	$12 x$	+	$35$
$x$	-	$1$		$x^{3}$	-	$13 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$	-	$35$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$x^{2}$
					-	$12 x^{2}$	+	$47 x$
					+	$12 x^{2}$	-	$12 x$
							+	$35 x$	-	$35$
							-	$35 x$	+	$35$
										$0$

Since the remander is $0$ , the final answer is the quotient.

$x^{2} - 12 x + 35$

Write $x^{3} - 13 x^{2} + 47 x - 35$ as a set of factors.

$(x - 1) (x^{2} - 12 x + 35) = 0$

Factor $x^{2} - 12 x + 35$ using the AC method.

Consider the form $x^{2} + b x + c$ . Find a pair of integers whose product is $c$ and whose sum is $b$ . In this case, whose product is $35$ and whose sum is $- 12$ .

$- 7, - 5$

Write the factored form using these integers.

$(x - 1) ((x - 7) (x - 5)) = 0$

Remove unnecessary parentheses.

$(x - 1) (x - 7) (x - 5) = 0$

If any individual factor on the left side of the equation is equal to $0$ , the entire expression will be equal to $0$ .

$x - 1 = 0$

$x - 7 = 0$

$x - 5 = 0$

Set $x - 1$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x - 1$ equal to $0$ .

$x - 1 = 0$

Add $1$ to both sides of the equation.

$x = 1$

Set $x - 7$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x - 7$ equal to $0$ .

$x - 7 = 0$

Add $7$ to both sides of the equation.

$x = 7$

Set $x - 5$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x - 5$ equal to $0$ .

$x - 5 = 0$

Add $5$ to both sides of the equation.

$x = 5$

The final solution is all the values that make $(x - 1) (x - 7) (x - 5) = 0$ true.

$x = 1, 7, 5$

Exclude the solutions that do not make $(x^{3} - 13 x^{2} + 47 x - 35) \div (x - 1) = 0$ true.

$x = 7, 5$

Step 3

Find the Roots (Zeros) (x^3-13x^2+47x-35)÷(x-1)

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