How to prove that $\Bbb R[x]/\langle x^5+x-3\rangle$ is not an integral domain?
I have used sage to get
sage: x = PolynomialRing(RealField(), 'x').gen()
sage: f = x^5+x-3
sage: f.factor()
$(x - 1.13299756588507) * (x^2 - 0.950761513339099*x + 1.50221285149526) * (x^2 + 2.08375907922416*x + 1.76262856840348)$
How to use a general trick to prove it without using any tool?
It is a finite-dimension algebra over a field, so if it is a domain, it is an algebraic field extension. But there are no field extensions of degree 5 over $\mathbb{R}$ since $\mathbb{C}$ is algebraically closed and degree 2 over $\mathbb{R}$.