SOLUTION: I was given this and told to explain what I was doing, honestly I dont know what I am doing. {{{(5x^3 - 5x + 1) / (x-3)}}}

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Question 187562: I was given this and told to explain what I was doing, honestly I dont know what I am doing.
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Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You are dividing polynomials. Here is a nice link to a url does the grunt work for that. As you can see from the URl, it doesn't divide without a remainder. Plus, the result is undefined when x = 3
http://www.calc101.com/webMathematica/long-divide.jsp