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Short Solution: Just apply the rational root test.
Long Solution: First depress the cubic by making the substitution x = y − 3 a b = y + 1 2 2 4 = y + 2 to get: 4 y 3 − 2 5 y = 0 Which can be factored as y ( 4 y 2 − 2 5 ) = y ( 2 y + 5 ) ( 2 y − 5 ) = 0 → y = 0 , − 2 5 , 2 5 .So the integer solution of the original cubic is x = 0 + 2 = 2