Two of the roots of the equation are and .
Given further that , and are integer constants, find the values of , and .
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1. Apply the conjugate root theorem to identify the third root.
Since the coefficients , , and are integer constants (and thus real), the complex roots of the polynomial must occur in conjugate pairs.
Given the root , the third root must be its complex conjugate:
2. Form the quadratic factor corresponding to the complex conjugate roots.
The sum of the conjugate roots is:
The product of the conjugate roots is:
Thus, the quadratic factor formed by these roots is :
3. Multiply the quadratic factor by the linear factor of the real root to find $a, b,$ and $c$.
Since is also a root, is a factor of the cubic polynomial. We can express the equation as:
Expanding this expression:
By comparing coefficients with , we find:
, ,
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