document.write( "Question 1064179: If −1 is one of the roots of H(x) = x3 − 7x2 − x + 7, use synthetic division to find the resulting quadratic expression. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #679219 by josgarithmetic(39623)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "-1   |   1   -7   -1    7\r\n" );
document.write( "     |       -1    8   -7\r\n" );
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document.write( "         1   -8   7     0\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Notice the coefficients in the quadratic factor in decreasing degree are 1, -8, 7. \n" ); document.write( "
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