Find the x-coordinates of the points where the line y=5x-1 meets the curve y= 2x^3 + x^2 +1.
I keep solving but I can't seem to get anything right,
especially when I set these two next to each other.
Intersections:
yline=ycurve5x−1=2x3+x2+1
2x3+x2+1=5x−1|−5x+12x3+x2+1−5x+1=02x3+x2−5x+2=0|:2x3+12x2−52x+1=0
We get the rational solutions, when we test all dividers from the absolut term 1:
We must test +1 or -1.
For +1 we get the first root x1: 13+12⋅12−52⋅1+1=1+12−52+1=0
x1=1
We know that (x−x1) is a divider of x3+12x2−52x+1
(x3+12x2−52x+1):(x−1)=(x2+1.5x−1)
Because (x3+12x2−52x+1)=(x−1)⋅(x2+1.5x−1)=0
we find the roots x2 and x3, if we set x2+1.5x−1=0
x2+1.5x−1=0x=−1.5±√1.52−4⋅1⋅(−1)2x=−1.5±√2.25+42x=−1.5±√6.252x=−1.5±2.52x2=−1.5+2.52x2=12x2=0.5x3=−1.5−2.52x3=−42x3=−2
The x-coordinates of the intersection-points are: x1=1,x2=0.5, and x3=−2
