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Show that the equation x^3 +6x-5=0 has a solution between x=0 and x= 1

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y = x³ + 6x - 5 is negative when x = 0 and positive when x = 1, so at some point must be zero between these two values, thus, we have a solution in that interval.

How we can show that we have a solution between 0 and 1?

This is a continuous function, so to check that we have a solution between x = 0 and x = 1, we only need to evaluate:

y = x³ + 6x - 5

in x = 0 and in x = 1, and see that we get a negative outcome in one case and a positive one in the other:

when x = 0

y = 0³ + 6*0 - 5 = -5

when x = 1

y = 1³ + 6*1 - 5 = 2

So y = x³ + 6x - 5 must be zero at one point between x = 0 and x = 1.

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