SOLUTION: Use synthetic division to perform the division {{{(x^5+32)/(x+2)}}}

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Question 1014821: Use synthetic division to perform the division
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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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%28x%5E5%2B32%29%2F%28x%2B2%29

We write the numerator as

1x%5E5%2B0x%5E4%2B0x%5E3%2B0x%5E2%2B0x%2B32

and change the sign of 2 in x+2 and use -2

-2 | 1   0   0   0   0  32
   |    -2   4  -8  16 -32 
     1  -2   4  -8  16   0

We interpret the bottom line as coefficients
of a polynomial which is one degree less than
the original.  So it will have degree 4

The quotient is

%28x%5E5%2B32%29%2F%28x%2B2%29%22%22=%22%221x%5E4-2x%5E3%2B4x%5E2-8x%2B16

erase the 1 coefficient

%28x%5E5%2B32%29%2F%28x%2B2%29%22%22=%22%22x%5E4-2x%5E3%2B4x%5E2-8x%2B16

Edwin