SOLUTION: If x^2 - 3x + 2k is divided by x+2, the remainder is 7. What is k? Thank you.

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Question 1011717: If x^2 - 3x + 2k is divided by x+2, the remainder is 7. What is k? Thank you.
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If x^2 - 3x + 2k is divided by x+2, the remainder is 7. What is k?
:
using synthetic division
......_______________
-2 |1 - 3 + 2k
.........- 2 + 10
......----------
..,,...1 - 5 + 7
then we can write the equation
2k + 10 = 7
2k = 7 - 10
2k = -3
k = -1.5
:
Our equation is: x^2 - 3x - 3

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source):
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If x^2 - 3x + 2k is divided by x+2, the remainder is 7. What is k? Thank you.

Since x + 2 is a factor, we can say that: x + 2 = 0 -------> x = - 2
------------ Remainder Theorem
--- Substituting - 2 for x in remainder theorem
7 = 4 + 6 + 2k -------------- Substituting 7 for f(- 2), and simplifying equation
7 = 10 + 2k
7 - 10 = 2k
- 3 = 2k
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