document.write( "Question 190881This question is from textbook algebra and trigonometry structure and method book 2
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Please help i am so confused and i keep coming up with these horrible fractions. this is supposed to be synthetic division.
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document.write( "\"%286t%5E4%2B5t%5E3-10t%2B4%29%2F%283t-2%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "To divide \"6t%5E4%2B5t%5E3-10t%2B4\" by \"3t-2\" using synthetic\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. Insert a placeholder term \"%22+%22%2B0t%5E2\"\r\n" );
document.write( "   making it \"6t%5E4%2B5t%5E3%2B0t%5E2-10t%2B4\" \r\n" );
document.write( "   divided by \"3t-2\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. Factor out the coefficient of t in the divisor \r\n" );
document.write( "   \"3t-2\", getting \"3%28t-2%2F3%29\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "3. Use synthetic division to divide by \"t-2%2F3\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "4. Divide the bottom row of the completed synthetic \r\n" );
document.write( "   division through by 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So:\r\n" );
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document.write( "First we divide by \"t-2%2F3\".  We change the sign\r\n" );
document.write( "of \"-2%2F3\" to \"%22+%22%2B2%2F3\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we divide the bottom row through by 3, and \r\n" );
document.write( "get:\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"matrix%281%2C5%2C2%2C3%2C2%2C-2%2C0%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Which is interpreted as\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"2t%5E3%2B3t%5E2%2B2t-2\" with 0 remainder.\r\n" );
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