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Philippine Academy of Sakya

High School Mathematics Department

HS Math 4 Advanced Algebra

Name:___________________________________________Date:_______________Score:__________ Section:____________________________ Parents signature:_____________________ Topic: Applying the Rational Roots Theorem and the q p Rule to find the Rational Roots ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES SW AS

Hello! The Rational Roots Theorem together with the q p Rule will be used to find ALL the rational roots of the polynomial in each example. The examples are from page 283 of the textbook. All rational roots are of the form factors, and No. 16) Step 1: (factors of (positive factors of Step 2: . Therefore The possible values for p are: Step 3: ALL possible rational roots: Step 4: Test for roots via Synthetic Division and/or Factoring: must be a factor of . ) all possible p: ) all possible q: 1 , where p and q are INTEGERS with no common

So No. 18)

is a root, &

Step 1: (factors of

) all possible p: ) all possible q: . Therefore must be a factor of - 9. . If , the possible values for p are:

(positive factors of Step 2:

If , the possible values for p are: Step 3: ALL possible rational roots:

Step 4: Test for roots via Synthetic Division and/or Factoring:

So

is a root, &

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