SOLUTION: explain how you would utilize the remainder theorom to determine the remainder obtained when the polynomial f(x) is divided by x-k

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Question 1037883: explain how you would utilize the remainder theorom to determine the remainder obtained when the polynomial f(x) is divided by x-k
Found 2 solutions by Edwin McCravy, ikleyn:
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) About Me  (Show Source):
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Fill the squares in the first line below with the
coefficients of the terms of f(k) in descending 
order from largest exponent to smallest exponent,
including 0 exponent for the constant term.
Be sure to place a 0 for the coefficient of any 
missing exponents, from n-1 down to 0.
 
Complete this synthetic division:

k | ↏ ↏ ↏ ↏ ... ↏ ↏
  |   ↏ ↏ ↏ ... ↏ ↏
    ↏ ↏ ↏ ↏ ... ↏ R

The number R, the remainder, at the bottom right 
of this synthetic division will be f(k).

Edwin

Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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explain how you would utilize the remainder theorem to determine the remainder obtained when the polynomial f(x) is divided by x-k
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See the lesson Divisibility of polynomial f(x) by binomial x-a in this site.