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Standard IX
Mathematics
Factor Theorem
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Question
Check whether the following polynomial has
(
x
+
1
)
as a factor.
x
3
−
x
2
−
x
+
1
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Solution
To check whether
(
x
+
1
)
is the factor of polynomial
x
3
−
x
2
−
x
+
1
Then
x
+
1
=
0
or
x
=
−
1
Replace
x
by
−
1
we get
P
(
x
)
=
x
3
−
x
2
−
x
+
1
p
(
−
1
)
=
(
−
1
)
3
−
(
−
1
)
2
−
(
−
1
)
+
1
p
(
−
1
)
=
−
1
−
1
+
1
+
1
p
(
−
1
)
=
0
Value of
p
(
−
1
)
is zero
⟹
x
+
1
is the factor of polynomial
x
3
−
x
2
−
x
+
1
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