Question 16788
f(x)=x^4-2 divided by p(x)=x=-1

Now using synthetic division,

<pre>

x - 1 | x^4 + 0x^3 + 0x^2 + 0x - 2
  + 1 |  1     0      0     0    -2
      |  -     1      1     1    1
      ------------------------------
         1     1      1     1    [-1]

As you can see, the remainder you got (-1) is correct.

And the quotient is: (x^3+x^2+x+1)

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Hope this helps,
Prabhat