Hi, (2x3 - 23x2 + 71x - 30)/(x-5) = 2x^2 -13x + 6 Using synthetic division to determine the 2x^2 -13x + 6 5 2 -23 71 -30 10 -65 30 2 -13 6 0 (x-5)(2x^2 - 13x + 6) = 0 factoring (x-5)(2x -1)(x-6) = 0 (x-5)= 0 x= 5 (2x -1)= 0 x= 1/2 (x-6) = 0 x= 6