document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=135549>Question 135549</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780321499134/algebrahomeworkh>college algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use the factor theorem to decide whether the second polynomial is a factor of the first.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x3 - x2 + 3x + 4; x + 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "f(x) = 2x^3 - x^2 + 3x + 4; x + 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1)....2....-1....3....4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "........2....-3....6..|..-2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Remainder = -2, so f(-1)=-2, so x+1 is not a factor of f(x)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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