document.write( "Question 70114: Find the value of k that will make x-2 a factor of x4-3x3+4x2+2x+k
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document.write( "Find the value of k that will make x-2\r\n" );
document.write( "a factor of x4-3x3+4x2+2x+k\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use synthetic division\r\n" );
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document.write( "  2 | 1  -3   4   2   k\r\n" );
document.write( "    |     2  -2   4  12  \r\n" );
document.write( "      1  -1   2   6  k+12\r\n" );
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document.write( "Set the remainder k+12 equal to zero \r\n" );
document.write( "and solve for k\r\n" );
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document.write( "   k + 12 = 0\r\n" );
document.write( "        x = -12\r\n" );
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