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... • All rational roots will come from Factors of the last term / factors of the first term List the potential rational zeros of the polynomial function. F(x) = 3x5 – x2 + 2x + 18 Factors of the last term: +- 1,2,3,6,9,18 Factors of first term: 1,3 Possible rational roots: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1/3, 2/3, ...
... • All rational roots will come from Factors of the last term / factors of the first term List the potential rational zeros of the polynomial function. F(x) = 3x5 – x2 + 2x + 18 Factors of the last term: +- 1,2,3,6,9,18 Factors of first term: 1,3 Possible rational roots: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1/3, 2/3, ...