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How could you use Descartes' Rule and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra to predict the number of complex roots to a polynomial, as well as find the number of possible positive and negative real roots to a polynomial?

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\bf f(x)=x^5\stackrel{\downarrow }{-}x^4\stackrel{\downarrow }{+}x^3\stackrel{\downarrow }{-}x^2\stackrel{\downarrow }{+}5\qquad \impliedby \textit{4 sign changes}



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so the number of positive real roots is either 4, or (4-2) 2, or (2-2) 0. And the negative real roots are only 1. Any slack gets picked up by the versatile complex twins.


4 real positive ones and 1 negative real one

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2 real positive ones and 1 negative real one and 2 complex ones

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0 real positive ones and 1 negative real one and 4 complex ones.

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