Solving an Equation with Maple

To solve the equation
  x^3 - 0.71x^2 - 2.09x + 0.71 = 0,
do this:
   > fsolve(x^3 - 0.71*x^2 - 2.09*x + 0.71 = 0 );
You get three roots, as expected:
                   -1.306,  .321,  1.696

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