document.write( "Question 478831: Hello. My question is determine whether x-1 or x+1 is a factor of $\"x%5E100-4x%5E99=3\"$ . I know this includes polynomial division, and I assume it has to do something about how x^100 is raised to an even root. Thanks in advance \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( " is (x-1) or (x+1) a factor of x^100 -4x^99 = 3 
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document.write( "That is: does x = 1 or x = -1 satisfy: x^100-4x^99 - 3 = 0
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document.write( "  1 - 4 - 3 ≠  0 and 1 + 4 -3 ≠  0  Neither are factors
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