Part 2 of mathematical modeling question

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Okay so after tearing my face off trying to find a 2-cycle, I've managed to make significant process. I divided an enormous polynomial with another polynomial and got a god awful mess which incidentally was correct. Now I'm having trouble solving this equation with x in terms of c:

-3x3-3((c2+8).5-c)x2+(6c2+6c((c2+8).5-8)x-8c-8((c2+8).5)

There are 3 solutions but I have no idea how to reach them:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?...6c(c^2+8)^.5-8)x-8c-8((c^2+8)^.5)+solve+for+x
 
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wolfram alpha probably used the cubic polynomial solving formula and reduced it massively via algebra
 
ah, yes. I'll try to look that up.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...

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