document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=134141>Question 134141</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am struggling with this synthetic division problem, the answer I am coming up with is not what the book answer is, help:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x²-31x+30 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "What are you dividing 5x²-31x+30 by?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In other words, where is the divisor?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I received your divisor as x - 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is this correct?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Well, divide in parts.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x²-31x+30 divided by x - 1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x² divided by x = 5x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x times x = 5x^2.  Subtract 5x^2 from itself and then multiply 5x time -1.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract -31x from 5x and we get = -6x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We now have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6x + 30 divided by x - 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Repeat the same steps.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6x divided by x = -6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6 times x = -6x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6x and +6x cancel out.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then -6 times -1 = 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract -6 from 30 and we get 24 as the remainder.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Final answer: Quotient = 5x - 6 and our remainder is 24.  Of course, this is the answer if the divisor is x - 1.  \r<BR>\n" );
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