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Divide 3x - 2x + 3x - 4 by X - 3 Using Synthetic Division. Write The Answer in The Form " Q (X) + / "

The document explains how to divide 3x3 - 2x2 + 3x - 4 by x - 3 using synthetic division and write the answer in the form "q(x) + r(x)/d(x)". It shows the steps of performing synthetic division to get a quotient of 3x^2 + 7x + 24 and a remainder of 68. Therefore, the answer in the required "mixed number" format is 3x^2 + 7x + 24 + 68/(x - 3).

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Divide 3x - 2x + 3x - 4 by X - 3 Using Synthetic Division. Write The Answer in The Form " Q (X) + / "

The document explains how to divide 3x3 - 2x2 + 3x - 4 by x - 3 using synthetic division and write the answer in the form "q(x) + r(x)/d(x)". It shows the steps of performing synthetic division to get a quotient of 3x^2 + 7x + 24 and a remainder of 68. Therefore, the answer in the required "mixed number" format is 3x^2 + 7x + 24 + 68/(x - 3).

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Divide 3x3 2x2 + 3x 4 by x 3 using synthetic division.

Write the answer in the form " q(x) + r(x)/d(x) ".


This question is asking me, in effect, to convert an
"improper" polynomial "fraction" into a polynomial "mixed
number". That is, I am being asked to do something similar
to converting the improper fraction 17/5 to the mixed number 3
2
/5, which is really the shorthand for the addition expression
"3 + 2/5".
To convert the polynomial division into the required "mixed
number" format, I have to do the division; I will show most of
the steps.
First, write down all the coefficients, and put the zero from x
3 = 0 (so x = 3) at the left.

Next, carry down the leading coefficient:

Multiply by the potential zero, carry up to the next column,


and add down:

Repeat this process:

Repeat this process again:

As you can see, the remainder is 68. Since I started with a


polynomial of degree 3 and then divided by x 3 (that is, by
a polynomial of degree 1), I am left with a polynomial of
degree 2. Then the bottom line represents the polynomial 3x2
+ 7x + 24 with a remainder of 68. Putting this result into the
required "mixed number" format, I get the answer as being:

It is always true that, when you use synthetic division, your


answer (in the bottom row) will be of degree one less than what
you'd started with, because you have divided out a linear factor.
That was how I knew that my answer, denoted by the "3 7 24" in
the bottom row, stood for a quadratic, since I had started with a
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