✔ 最佳答案
x^2 + 3x-1=0
positive root, x = (-3+(3^2-4(1)(-1))^0.5)/2 = (-3+(13)^0.5)/2
a is the root of x^2+3x-1 = 0
=> a^2+3a-1 =0
By using long division,
a^4+4a^3-3a^2 -2a+1= (a^2+3a-1)(a^2+a-5) +14a+6
= 14a+6 (because a^2+3a -1 =0 )
= 14(-3+(13)^0.5)/2 +6
= -15+7(13)^0.5