document.write( "Question 327172: Use long division to divide the following polynomial (12x^2 + x-4) divided by (3x-2) \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "First term: $\"4x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"4x%283x-2%29=12x%5E2-8x\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract from the original polynomial to get a remainder,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%2812x%5E2%2Bx-4%29-%2812x%5E2-8x%29=9x-4\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "Second term: $\"3\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3%283x-2%29=9x-6\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract from the remainder to get the new remainder,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%289x-4%29-%289x-6%29=2\"$
\n" ); document.write( "No further division possible.
\n" ); document.write( "Gather all of the terms and the remainder.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"%2812x%5E2+%2B+x-4%29%2F%283x-2%29=%284x%2B3%29%2B2%2F%283x-2%29\"$
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