Monday, 14 October 2013

Determine the real coefficients of a polynomial

I need to determine the real coefficients a,b,c of the following polynomial:
P(x)=x5+ax42x36x2+bx+c



I know that P(2)=9, and the sum of the solutions (roots of the polynomial) is 3, and so is the product. I'm not sure if these last two conditions are correct, they sound like a typo?




Then I need to write the given polynomial by degrees of (x1).



Now, I've tried going this way:



If P(2)=9, then
16a2b+c=37



As far as I know, a quintic polynomial should have 5 real solutions? Therefore,
x1×x2×x3×x4×x5=3

and

x1+x2+x3+x4+x5=3



But where do I go from here? How do I formulate this into something that will probably result in a system of two equations with a,b,c? Then I can solve them with the first one.

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