SOLUTION: use synthetic division:
Problem: x(to the third) -2x(squared) -x +2 divided by x-2
the answer I got was:
x(squared) + x +4/x-2
but i'm not sure if I did it right, please
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Question 61752: use synthetic division:
Problem: x(to the third) -2x(squared) -x +2 divided by x-2
the answer I got was:
x(squared) + x +4/x-2
but i'm not sure if I did it right, please help!
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, funmath:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
use synthetic division:
Problem: x(to the third) -2x(squared) -x +2 divided by x-2
---------------
2 ) 1 -2 -1 2
1 0 -1 0
This shows the polynomial factors
as (x-2)(x^2-1)
Cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x^3-2x^2-x +2 divided by x-2
2|1 -2 -1 2
.|___2__0_-2_
''1 0 -1 0
Therefore, the solution is x^2+0x-1=
:
Happy Calculating!!!
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