SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP ME Use synthetic substitution to determine if (X-2) is a factor of (2x^3 - 3x^2 + x - 6)

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Question 706044: PLEASE HELP ME
Use synthetic substitution to determine if (X-2) is a factor of
(2x^3 - 3x^2 + x - 6)
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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(2x^3 - 3x^2 + x - 6) / (x-2)
:
. . ________________
2 | 2 - 3 + 1 - 6
> . . . .+ 4 + 2 + 6
. . ------------------
. . +2 + 1 + 3 + 0, no remainder so it factors
this translates to
2x^2 + x + 3; which can't be factored