Solve for x x^3-4x^2+8=0

$x^{3} - 4 x^{2} + 8 = 0$

Step 1

Factor $x^{3} - 4 x^{2} + 8$ 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.

$p = \pm 1, \pm 8, \pm 2, \pm 4 q = \pm 1$

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

$\pm 1, \pm 8, \pm 2, \pm 4$

Substitute $2$ and simplify the expression. In this case, the expression is equal to $0$ so $2$ is a root of the polynomial.

Substitute $2$ into the polynomial.

$2^{3} - 4 \cdot 2^{2} + 8$

Raise $2$ to the power of $3$ .

$8 - 4 \cdot 2^{2} + 8$

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

$8 - 4 \cdot 4 + 8$

Multiply $- 4$ by $4$ .

$8 - 16 + 8$

Subtract $16$ from $8$ .

$- 8 + 8$

Add $- 8$ and $8$ .

$0$

Since $2$ is a known root, divide the polynomial by $x - 2$ to find the quotient polynomial. This polynomial can then be used to find the remaining roots.

$\frac{x^{3} - 4 x^{2} + 8}{x - 2}$

Divide $x^{3} - 4 x^{2} + 8$ by $x - 2$ .

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

$x$

$2$

$x^{3}$

$4 x^{2}$

$0 x$

$8$

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

					$x^{2}$
	$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

				$x^{2}$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			+	$x^{3}$	-	$2 x^{2}$

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

				$x^{2}$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$

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

				$x^{2}$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$

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

				$x^{2}$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$

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

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	+	$4 x$

The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in $- 2 x^{2} + 4 x$

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$

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

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$
							-	$4 x$

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

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$
							-	$4 x$	+	$8$

Divide the highest order term in the dividend $- 4 x$ by the highest order term in divisor $x$ .

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$	-	$4$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$
							-	$4 x$	+	$8$

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$	-	$4$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$
							-	$4 x$	+	$8$
							-	$4 x$	+	$8$

The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in $- 4 x + 8$

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$	-	$4$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$
							-	$4 x$	+	$8$
							+	$4 x$	-	$8$

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

				$x^{2}$	-	$2 x$	-	$4$
$x$	-	$2$		$x^{3}$	-	$4 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$	+	$8$
			-	$x^{3}$	+	$2 x^{2}$
					-	$2 x^{2}$	+	$0 x$
					+	$2 x^{2}$	-	$4 x$
							-	$4 x$	+	$8$
							+	$4 x$	-	$8$
										$0$

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

$x^{2} - 2 x - 4$

Write $x^{3} - 4 x^{2} + 8$ as a set of factors.

$(x - 2) (x^{2} - 2 x - 4) = 0$

Step 2

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

$x - 2 = 0$

$x^{2} - 2 x - 4 = 0$

Step 3

Set $x - 2$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x - 2$ equal to $0$ .

$x - 2 = 0$

Add $2$ to both sides of the equation.

$x = 2$

Step 4

Set $x^{2} - 2 x - 4$ equal to $0$ and solve for $x$ .

Set $x^{2} - 2 x - 4$ equal to $0$ .

$x^{2} - 2 x - 4 = 0$

Solve $x^{2} - 2 x - 4 = 0$ for $x$ .

Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.

$\frac{- b \pm \sqrt{b^{2} - 4 (a c)}}{2 a}$

Substitute the values $a = 1$ , $b = - 2$ , and $c = - 4$ into the quadratic formula and solve for $x$ .

$\frac{2 \pm \sqrt{{(- 2)}^{2} - 4 \cdot (1 \cdot - 4)}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Simplify.

Simplify the numerator.

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

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{4 - 4 \cdot 1 \cdot - 4}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4 \cdot 1 \cdot - 4$ .

Multiply $- 4$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{4 - 4 \cdot - 4}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $- 4$ by $- 4$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{4 + 16}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Add $4$ and $16$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{20}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $20$ as $2^{2} \cdot 5$ .

Factor $4$ out of $20$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{4 (5)}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Rewrite $4$ as $2^{2}$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm \sqrt{2^{2} \cdot 5}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Pull terms out from under the radical.

$x = \frac{2 \pm 2 \sqrt{5}}{2 \cdot 1}$

Multiply $2$ by $1$ .

$x = \frac{2 \pm 2 \sqrt{5}}{2}$

Simplify $\frac{2 \pm 2 \sqrt{5}}{2}$ .

$x = 1 \pm \sqrt{5}$

The final answer is the combination of both solutions.

$x = 1 + \sqrt{5}, 1 - \sqrt{5}$

Step 5

The final solution is all the values that make $(x - 2) (x^{2} - 2 x - 4) = 0$ true.

$x = 2, 1 + \sqrt{5}, 1 - \sqrt{5}$

Step 6

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$x = 2, 1 + \sqrt{5}, 1 - \sqrt{5}$

Decimal Form:

$x = 2, 3.23606797 \dots, - 1.23606797 \dots$

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