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Show That The Equation X + 10x + 3 0 Has Exactly One Real Root

The document contains 3 solutions showing that: 1) The equation x5 + 10x + 3 = 0 has exactly one real root using the Intermediate Value Theorem and properties of polynomials. 2) The equation cos x = 2x has at most one solution by assuming two roots and reaching a contradiction using the Mean Value Theorem. 3) The equation x4 + 4x + c = 0 has at most two real roots by assuming three roots and again reaching a contradiction using the Mean Value Theorem and properties of polynomials.

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Show That The Equation X + 10x + 3 0 Has Exactly One Real Root

The document contains 3 solutions showing that: 1) The equation x5 + 10x + 3 = 0 has exactly one real root using the Intermediate Value Theorem and properties of polynomials. 2) The equation cos x = 2x has at most one solution by assuming two roots and reaching a contradiction using the Mean Value Theorem. 3) The equation x4 + 4x + c = 0 has at most two real roots by assuming three roots and again reaching a contradiction using the Mean Value Theorem and properties of polynomials.

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1. Show that the equation x5 + 10x + 3 = 0 has exactly one real root.

Solution: Let f (x) = x5 + 10x + 3. Then f (1) = 8 and f (0) = 3. Since 0 is between 8 and 3, and f is continuous everywhere (becuase its a polynomial), the Intermediate Value Theorem guarantees that there is some number c in (1, 0) for which f (c) = 0. That is, the given equation has at least one root. Now suppose that the equation has two distinct roots. Let a and b denote the two roots, so that f (a) = f (b) = 0. The function f is continuous and dierentiable everywhere, so we can use the Mean Value Theorem to conclude that there is some number c in (a, b) such that f (c) = f (b) f (a) = 0. ba

On the other hand, f (x) = 5x4 + 10, and since x4 0 for all x, we conclude that f (x) 10 for all x. This contradicts the existence of a number c for which f (c) = 0, so we must conclude that there are not two distinct roots. Thus there is at most one solution to the given equation.

2. Show that the equation cos x = 2x has at most one solution.


Solution: Let f (x) = cos x 2x. We need to show that f has at most one root. Suppose not. Then there are two distinct numbers, a and b, such that f (a) = f (b) = 0. The function f is continuous and dierentiable everywhere, so we can invoke the Mean Value Theorem to conclude that there is a number c in (a, b) for which f (c) = f (b) f (a) = 0. ba

However, f (x) = sin x 2, so if f (c) = 0, then we get 0 = f (c) = sin c 2, which implies that sin c = 2. Since sin x lies in the interval [1, 1] for every real number x, we have a contradiction. There can be at most one solution to the given equation.

3. Show that the equation x4 + 4x + c = 0 has at most two real roots.


Solution: Let f (x) = x4 + 4x + c. Note that since f is a polynomial, it is continuous and dierentiable everywhere, as are all of its derivatives. Suppose that f has three distinct roots, a1 , a2 , and a3 . Choose the names so that a1 < a2 < a3 . Since f is continous on [a1 , a2 ] and dierentiable on (a1 , a2 ), by the Mean Value Theorem, there is a number b1 in (a1 , a2 ), such that f (b1 ) = f (a2 ) f (a1 ) = 0. a2 a1

Similarly, since f is continous on [a2 , a3 ] and dierentiable on (a2 , a3 ), by the Mean Value Theorem, there is a number b2 in (a2 , a3 ), such that f (b2 ) = Taking a derivative of f , we get f (x) = 4x3 + 4 We can solve the equation 4x3 + 4 = 0; we get 4x3 = 1 x3 = 1 x = 1. Now since b1 and b2 are solutions to f (x) = 0, and there is only one solution to f (x) = 0, we must have b1 = 1 and b2 = 1. Thus b1 = b2 . But this is a contradiction, because b1 is in (a1 , a2 ) and b2 is in (a2 , a3 ), so b1 < a2 < b2 , which implies b1 < b2 . Since our assumption that f has three roots led to a contradiction, we conclude that f has at most two roots. f (a3 ) f (a2 ) = 0. a3 a2

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