Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter P - P.1 - Graphs and Models - Exercises - Page 9: 73

Answer

One of the answers is $y=x^3-7x^2-20x+96$

Work Step by Step

The easiest way to build such an equation is to look for it in the form of a polynomial of the third degree with three real zeros $x_1 = -4, x_2=3$ and $x_3=8$. According to a theorem in algebra of polynomials, such a polynomial is of the form of $$y=a(x-x_1)(x-x_2)(x-x_3)$$ where $a$ is any nonzero real. Here we need only one solution so for simplicity just put $a=1$: $$y=(x+4)(x-3)(x-8)$$ or expanded $$y=x^3-7x^2-20x+96.$$
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