document.write( "Question 160520: Use the Factor Theorem to determine whether x - c is a factor of the following function. Write in the form f ( x ) = (x - c) (quotient) if f( x ) = -4x^3 + 5x^2 + 8; c = -2 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Use the Factor Theorem to determine whether $\"x+-+c\"$ is a factor of the following function. Write in the form $\"f+%28+x+%29+=+%28x+-+c%29+%28quotient%29\"$ \r
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document.write( "We must insert a +\r\n" );
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document.write( "-2|-4  5    0   8\r\n" );
document.write( "  |    8  -26  52\r\n" );
document.write( "   -4 13  -26  60\r\n" );
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document.write( "No  is not a factor or the 60 remainder would have been a 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose the problem has been instead:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We must insert a +\r\n" );
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document.write( " 2|-4  5   0  12\r\n" );
document.write( "  |   -8  -6 -12\r\n" );
document.write( "   -4 -3  -6   0\r\n" );
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document.write( " is a factor because the remainder is 0.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To write it in the form \r\n" );
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