document.write( "Question 1047926: Two polynomials P and D are given. Use either synthetic or long division to divide
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x-4 means the root to check is 4.\r
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document.write( "4      |     1     3     0    -17     0\r\n" );
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document.write( "       |           4     28   112  380  \r\n" );
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document.write( "             1     7     28    95   380\r\n" );
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