document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=39840>Question 39840</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Need help with the following:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " Use synthetic division to find the quotient and remainder when <BR>\n" );
document.write( "	3x3 – x2 + 4x – 10 is divided by x + 1. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #25288 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=25288\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For dividing synthetically, we write out the coefficients of the dividend, 3x^3 – x^2 + 4x – 10 and use the root of x + 1, which is -1 to be our \"divisor,\" like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1_____3____-1____4____-10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "____________-3____4____-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "_______3____-4____8____-18\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so that our answer, our quotient, is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x^2 - 4x + 8 with a remainder of -18/(x+1) </SPAN>\n" );
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