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Old April 30th, 2009, 11:38 AM
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The typical process for finding all roots is to first guess one root using the theorem I linked to above, and then use polynomial long division to factor the polynomial.

For example, if one root is x=1, then you divide the original polynomial with x-1.

And no, your process isn't correct. x=2 and x=-1 aren't roots to the posted polynomial.
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