Thursday, August 3, 2017

Question - 49


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2 comments:

Ignacio Larrosa CaƱestro said...

x=0 and x = 4 are obvious solutions. No other rational solutions, but there are other four real solutions.

Ignacio Larrosa CaƱestro said...

Let x = t+4. Then we arrive to equation:

t^6 + 4t^5 - 14t^4 - 56t^3 + 29t^2 + 116t = 0

t(t + 4)(t^4 - 14t^2 + 29) = 0

t = 0, t = -4, t = +/-sqrt(7 +/- 2sqrt(5))

x = 4, t = 0, t = 4 +/-sqrt(7 +/- 2sqrt(5))