document.write( "Question 388968: Using long division, please solve x^2 + 7x + 10 divided by x + 3 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #275426 by haileytucki(390)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " x +4 \n" ); document.write( " ___________ \n" ); document.write( "x+3/x^(2)+7x+10 \n" ); document.write( "***-x^(2)-3x \n" ); document.write( "****--------- \n" ); document.write( "***********4x+10 \n" ); document.write( "***********-4x-12 \n" ); document.write( "***********------ \n" ); document.write( "***************-2\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " (The final answer is the quotient plus the remainder over the divisor) \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "doing more work to further the answer of x+4 :\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x+4-(2)/(x+3)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Multiply each term by a factor of 1 that will equate all the denominators. In this case, all terms need a denominator of (x+3). \n" ); document.write( "x*(x+3)/(x+3)+4*(x+3)/(x+3)-(2)/(x+3)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Multiply the expression by a factor of 1 to create the least common denominator (LCD) of (x+3). \n" ); document.write( "(x(x+3))/(x+3)+4*(x+3)/(x+3)-(2)/(x+3)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Multiply the expression by a factor of 1 to create the least common denominator (LCD) of (x+3). \n" ); document.write( "(x(x+3))/(x+3)+(4(x+3))/(x+3)-(2)/(x+3)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The numerators of expressions that have equal denominators can be combined. In this case, (x(x+3))/((x+3)) and ((4(x+3)))/((x+3)) have the same denominator of (x+3), so the numerators can be combined. \n" ); document.write( "(x(x+3)+(4(x+3))-2)/(x+3)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Simplify the numerator of the expression. \n" ); document.write( "(x^(2)+3x+4x+12-2)/(x+3)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Combine all similar terms in the polynomial x^(2)+3x+4x+12-2. \n" ); document.write( "(x^(2)+7x+10)/(x+3)\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In this problem 5*2=10 and 5+2=7, so insert 5 as the right hand term of one factor and 2 as the right-hand term of the other factor. \n" ); document.write( "((x+5)(x+2))/(x+3)\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Yet; your origional, long division answer= x+4 (ignore the ***'s) \n" ); document.write( "I had to put them there to show you the work on an even scale.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |