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The solution for August 17th

 
 
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The solution for August 17th
by Victoria Chen - Sunday, 18 August 2019, 5:20 AM
 

Is the solution wrong? I checked and the numerator does not have root 3. It seems the function does not have any minimum value

 
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Re: The solution for August 17th
by Areteem Professor - Sunday, 18 August 2019, 11:55 AM
 

Hi Victoria. Thanks for pointing this out! In fact the problem was meant to have $x^3+3x^2-10x - 24$ (with $-24$ instead of $+24$). Then things work out nicely (with the polynomial division having no remainder). The question and solution are now updated.

Please let us know if you have any other questions!