Question 85748
Do synthetic division:

2   1  0  -1  6  [the '0' fills in the "gap" for the "missing" {{{x^2}}} term]
       2   4  6
    1  2   3  12

The quotient is {{{x^2}}}+ 2x + 3 and the remainder is 12
Give the answer as {{{x^2}}}+ 2x + 3 + {{{12/(x - 2)}}}