Exercise 1.

Show that y=2 is a solution of our depressed cubic

Then find the other two roots. Which of the roots equals our solution

Answer.

Since

y=2 is a solution to

Using polynomial long division, we can then factor

The polynomial has the complex roots . Since the solution we computed is real, it must equal 2:

Check this on a calculator!

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