SOLUTION: 4) Perform the division: 4x^4 - x^3 - 7x^2 + 18x divided by x - 2 The solution I got was: 4x^3 + 7x^2 + 7x + 4 + 8/x - 2 Is this correct? Thank you Christine

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Question 73067: 4) Perform the division:
4x^4 - x^3 - 7x^2 + 18x divided by x - 2
The solution I got was:
4x^3 + 7x^2 + 7x + 4 + 8/x - 2
Is this correct?
Thank you
Christine
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


          2 | 4  -1  -7  18  0
            |   __ 8__14__14__64__   
 
              4   7   7  32   64

So you should get
You subtracted 18 and 14, instead of adding, and theres a 0 thats in the place of ax^0. So you missed one step. But other than that you got it. You can check these by going to this site:
http://calc101.com/webMathematica/long-divide.jsp
This is a calculator specifically designed for these kind of problems.
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