How many possible negatives solutions does the following polynomial have?f(x) = x4 - 3x3 - 17x2 + 39x -20
The answer to this question is C, "1"
To find the possible negative solutions, first we need to convert f(x) to f(-x) which gave us f(-x=x4+3x3-17x2-39x-20.
Now, we can analyze the sign changes in the coefficients of f(-x):
From +1 to +3, no sign change.
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