• Complex Number, Factoring cubic polynomials, Quadratic equations
    Choice J

    It is given that 2 is one root of the equation, therefore (x2) must be a factor of the expression 2x39x2+16x12.

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    And the new equation can be written as

    (x2)(2x25x+6)=0

    Then we apply the Quadratic Formula to 2x25x+6=0:

    x=b±b24ac2a

    x=5±524(2)(6)2×2

    x=5±234

    x=5±2314

    x=5±23i4

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