Let's find all roots of the polynomial
>> % polynomial = array of coefficients in matlab: >> p = [1 0 0 0 5 7]; % p(x) = x^5 + 5*x + 7 >> format long; % print double-precision >> roots(p) % print out the roots of p(x) ans = 1.30051917307206 + 1.10944723819596i 1.30051917307206 - 1.10944723819596i -0.75504792501755 + 1.27501061923774i -0.75504792501755 - 1.27501061923774i -1.09094249610903