SOLUTION: if x2 -2x +1 has x-z as a factor, find k

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Question 1122990: if x2 -2x +1 has x-z as a factor, find k

Answer by ikleyn(52754)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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No "k" in the equation (!).

The post is nonsense.


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Comment from student : if x2 -2x +k has x-z as a factor, find k im sorry, i made a typing error
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My response : Apply the Remainder theorem.

It says that the remainder of a polynomial (of ANY polynomial, including yours), when it is divided by a binomial x-z,
is equal to the value of the polynomial at x= z:

    The remainder of a polynomial f(x), when it is divided by a binomial x-z,
    is equal to f(z).



So, in your case the remainder is equal to zero, since (x-z) is  the factor.


It means that   = 0,

which implies  k = .

Solved.

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