Finding Rational, Real, And Complex Factors - Texas Instruments TI-89 Manual Book

Finding Rational, Real, and Complex Factors

Finding Factors
406 Chapter 23: Activities
This activity shows how to find rational, real, or complex
factors of expressions. Detailed information about the steps
used in this example can be found in Chapter 3: Symbolic
Manipulation.
Enter the expressions shown below on the Home screen.
1. factor(x^3ì 5x) ¸
rational result.
2. factor(x^3+5x) ¸
rational result.
3. factor(x^3ì 5x,x) ¸
a real result.
4. cfactor(x^3+5x,x) ¸
a complex result.
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