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#1 2007-01-09 08:30:41

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divison

use synthetic divison to divide x^5 - 7x^3 - 5x^2 + x - 12 by x - 3.


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#2 2007-01-09 17:15:03

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Re: divison

_x^4___3x^3__+2x^2 _+ x_- 2__________________
x-3 | x^5 + 0x^4 - 7x^3 - 5x^2 + x - 12
        x^5 - 3x^4
        ----------------
                  3x^4 - 7x^3
                  3x^4 - 9x^3
                 ------------------
                             2x^3 - 5x^2
                             2x^3 - 6x^2
                            ----------------
                                         x^2 + x
                                         x^2 + 3x
                                        ---------------
                                                  -2x - 12
                                                  -2x + 6
                                                  -----------
                                                            -18

So your final answer should be x^4 + 3x^3 + 2x^2  + x - 2 - 18/(x-3)

Last edited by chemhelper (2007-01-09 17:16:00)


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#3 2007-01-10 07:02:17

John E. Franklin
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Re: divison

Actually, there is a typo,
there is no remainder.
It is +4, not -2.


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