x^4 - 3x^3 + 10x^2 - 24 + 16 = 0
Note that if we can add the coefficients and the constant and we get 0 , then 1 is a root
1 + 10 + 16 - 3 - 24 =
27 - 27 = 0
So 1 is a root
Using some synthetic division to find the reduced polynomial, we have
1 [ 1 - 3 10 -24 16 ]
1 -2 8 -16
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1 -2 8 -16 0
So....the reduced polynomial is
x^2 - 2x^2 + 8x - 16 = 0 this factors as
x (x -2) + 8 ( x -2) = 0
(x + 8) ( x -2) = 0
Setting each factor to 0 and solving for x gives us
x = -8 and x = 2
So the roots are
x = -8 x = 1 and x = 2
