Determine polynomial whose roots are a linear combination of roots of another polynomial Let $\alpha_1, \alpha_2, \alpha_3$ be the roots of the polynomial $p(x)=x^3+5x^2+7x+11$. Find a polynomial whose roots are $\frac{\alpha_1+\alpha_2}{2}, \frac{\alpha_2+\alpha_3}{2}, \frac{\alpha_1+\alpha_3}{2}.$ Calculating the exact roots doesn't really help because only one root is real. I've tried expanding
$$
\left(x-\frac{\alpha_1+\alpha_2}{2}\right)\left(x-\frac{\alpha_2+\alpha_3}{2}\right)\left(x-\frac{\alpha_1+\alpha_3}{2}\right)
$$
but it gets kind of messy. Any "nicer" ideas?

Let $\alpha,\beta,\gamma$ are the roots of the equation $x^3+5x^2+7x+11=0\;,$ Then $\alpha+\beta +\gamma = -5$
and $\alpha\cdot \beta+\beta\cdot \gamma+\gamma\cdot \alpha = 7$ and $\alpha\cdot \beta \cdot \gamma = -11$
Now we have to calculate a polynomial equation
whose roots are $\displaystyle \left(\frac{\alpha+\beta}{2}\right)\;,\left(\frac{\beta+\gamma}{2}\right)$ and $\displaystyle \left(\frac{\gamma+\alpha}{2}\right).$
So Let $$\displaystyle P = \left(\frac{\alpha+\beta}{2}\right)+\left(\frac{\beta+\gamma}{2}\right)+\left(\frac{\gamma+\alpha}{2}\right)=\alpha+\beta+\gamma = -5$$
and Let  $$\displaystyle Q = \left(\frac{\alpha+\beta}{2}\right)\cdot \left(\frac{\beta+\gamma}{2}\right)+\left(\frac{\beta+\gamma}{2}\right)\cdot \left(\frac{\gamma+\alpha}{2}\right)+\left(\frac{\gamma+\alpha}{2}\right)\cdot \left(\frac{\alpha+\beta}{2}\right)$$
So we get $$\displaystyle Q = \frac{1}{4}\left[\alpha^2+\beta^2+\gamma^2+3\alpha\beta+3\beta\gamma+3\gamma\alpha\right] = \frac{1}{4}\left[(\alpha+\beta+\gamma)^2+(\alpha\beta+\beta\gamma+\gamma\alpha)\right]$$ 
So we get $\displaystyle Q =\frac{1}{4}\left[25+7\right] = 8$
Now Let $$\displaystyle R = \left(\frac{\alpha+\beta}{2}\right)\cdot \left(\frac{\beta+\gamma}{2}\right)\cdot \left(\frac{\gamma+\alpha}{2}\right) = \frac{1}{8}\left[(5+\alpha)\cdot (5+\beta)\cdot (5+\gamma)\right]$$
So we get $$\displaystyle R = -\frac{1}{8}\left[125+5(\alpha\beta+\beta\gamma+\gamma\alpha)+\alpha\beta\gamma+25(\alpha+\beta+\gamma)\right] = -\frac{24}{8}  = -3$$
above we used the relation  $$\displaystyle \alpha+\beta+\gamma = -5\Rightarrow \alpha+\beta = -5-\alpha$$ etc...
So our polynomial equation is $$\displaystyle x^3-Px^2+Qx+R = 0\;,$$ Now put $P,Q$ and R
So we get a polynomial equation  $$\displaystyle x^3+5x^2+8x+3 = 0$$
