How do you solve x5+9x10x3?

1 Answer
Dec 15, 2016

The answer is x[3,1][0,1][3,+[

Explanation:

Let f(x)=x510x3+9x

Let's rearrange the equation

x510x3+9x0

x(x410x2+9)0

x(x21)(x29)0

x(x+1)(x1)(x+3)(x3)0

We can do a sign chart

aaaaxaaaaaaaa3aaaa1aaaa0aaaa1aaaa3aaaa+

aaaax+3aaaaaaaaa+aaaa+aaa+aaa+aaa+

aaaax+1aaaaaaaaaaaaa+aaa+aaa+aaa+

aaaaxaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa+aaa+aaa+

aaaax1aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa+aaa+

aaaax3aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa+

aaaaf(x)aaaaaaaaaaa+aaaa-color(white)(aaa)+color(white)(aaa)-color(white)(aaa)+

So,

f(x)>=0 when x in [-3,-1] uu [0, 1] uu [3,+ oo [