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2500-400x+12x^3=0

 Sep 26, 2015
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First simplify slightly by dividing through by 4 to get:  625 - 100x + 3x^3 = 0

 

This doesn't factorize nicely, so, if you are only interested in real number solutions, first plot a graph then use a numerical approach, such as Newton-Raphson:

cubic solution

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 Sep 26, 2015

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