Real solutions for a decinary equation

Algebra Level 3

Find all real x for x^10+2x^9+3x^8+4x^7+5x^6+6x^5+7x^4+8x^3+9x^2+10x+11=0.

1 67 4 -123 0 No real solutions using Newton Raphson 3 2

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1 solution

Joe Mansley
Aug 28, 2018

Clearly, x must be negative. The equation can be written as x 12 12 x + 11 ( x 1 ) 2 \frac{x^{12}-12x+11}{(x-1)^2} , which is positive for all negative x. Thus there are no solutions.

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