document.write( "Question 231208: use synthetic division to perform 3xcubed plus 8xsquared plus 5x plus ten divided by x plus 2 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Synthetic division works for division of expressions like (x-a). So we have to picture the problem as:
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document.write( "-2 |   3   8   5   10\r\n" );
document.write( "----      -6  -4   -2             \r\n" );
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document.write( "       3   2   1    8\r\n" );
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