document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=581384>Question 581384</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> is anyone here good at math !?!? I NEED HELP :)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(x) = x^3-3x^2-2x+1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p(-2) can be computed via synthetic division by filling in for the letters a through g in the table\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "           1    -3     -2      1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                  b       d       f\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "           a      c       e       g\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=a,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=b,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=c,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=d,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=e,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=f,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=g.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Moreover, p(-2) = and p(x) can be written as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(x) = (x+2)q(x) + r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "q(x) = is a quadratic polynomial and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r= is a real number. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "p(x) = x^3-3x^2-2x+1. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(-2) can be computed via synthetic division by filling in for the letters a through g in the table \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2)....1....-3....-2....1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "........1....-2...10...-16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".........1....-5...8...|..-15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Moreover, p(-2) = and p(x) can be written as<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p(x) = (x+2)q(x) + r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "q(x) = x^2 -5x + 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r= -15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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