SOLUTION: I tried woking this problem : 2x^4+x^3-4/x-3, and came up with 2x^3+7x^2+21x+64+188/x-3, but I do not think that I have the last part of it right. Can you help?

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Question 323261: I tried woking this problem : 2x^4+x^3-4/x-3, and came up with 2x^3+7x^2+21x+64+188/x-3, but I do not think that I have the last part of it right. Can you help?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's perform polynomial long division to get



(Solution courtesy of Calc101)



So this means that %282x%5E4%2Bx%5E3-4%29%2F%28x-3%29=2x%5E3%2B7x%5E2%2B21x%2B63%2B185%2F%28x-3%29. So you were close.