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    This document discusses techniques for dividing polynomials, including dividing polynomials by monomials, using long division to divide polynomials, and using synthetic division to divide and factor polynomials. It provides examples of using each of these techniques and explains how synthetic division can be used to factor polynomials when the remainder is zero. The examples illustrate how to set up and carry out the division of polynomials using these different methods.

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    This document discusses techniques for dividing polynomials, including dividing polynomials by monomials, using long division to divide polynomials, and using synthetic division to divide and factor polynomials. It provides examples of using each of these techniques and explains how synthetic division can be used to factor polynomials when the remainder is zero. The examples illustrate how to set up and carry out the division of polynomials using these different methods.

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    5.

    4 Dividing Polynomials and Synthetic Division


    What You Will Learn

     Divide polynomials by monomials and write


    in simplest form.

     Use long division to divide polynomials by


    polynomials.

     Use synthetic division to divide and factor


    polynomials.

    2
    Dividing a Polynomial by a Monomial

    3
    Dividing a Polynomial by a Monomial

    4
    Example 1 – Dividing a Polynomial by a Monomial
    Perform the division and simplify.

    Solution

    5
    Example 1 – Dividing a Polynomial by a Monomial
    cont’d

    6
    Long Division

    7
    Example 2 – Long Division Algorithm for Positive Integers
    Use the long division algorithm to divide 6584 by 28.

    Solution

    8
    Example 2 – Long Division Algorithm for Positive Integers
    cont’d

    So, you have

    In Example 2, 6584 is the dividend, 28 is the divisor, 235


    is the quotient, and 4 is the remainder.

    9
    Long Division

    10
    Example 3 – Long Division Algorithm for Polynomials

    The remainder is a fractional part of the divisor, so you can


    write

    11
    Synthetic Division

    12
    Synthetic Division

    13
    Example 7 – Using Synthetic Division
    Use synthetic division to divide x3 + 3x2 – 4x – 10 by x – 2.

    Solution
    The coefficients of the dividend form the top row of the
    synthetic division array. Because you are dividing by x – 2,
    write 2 at the top left of the array.

    To begin the algorithm, bring down the first coefficient.


    Then multiply this coefficient by 2, write the result in the
    second row, and add the two numbers in the second
    column.

    14
    Example 7 – Using Synthetic Division
    cont’d

    By continuing this pattern, you obtain the following.

    15
    Example 7 – Using Synthetic Division
    cont’d

    The bottom row shows the coefficients of the quotient.

    So, the quotient is

    and the remainder is 2.

    So, the result of the division problem is

    16
    Synthetic Division
    Synthetic division (or long division) can be used to factor
    polynomials.

    If the remainder in a synthetic division problem is zero, you


    know that the divisor divides evenly into the dividend.

    17
    Example 8 – Factoring a Polynomial
    Completely factor the polynomial x3 – 7x + 6 given that one
    of its factors is x – 1.

    Solution
    The polynomial x3 – 7x + 6 can be factored completely
    using synthetic division. Because x – 1 is a factor of the
    polynomial, you can divide as follows.

    18
    Example 8 – Factoring a Polynomial
    cont’d

    Because the remainder is zero, the divisor divides evenly


    into the dividend:

    From this result, you can factor the original polynomial as


    follows.

    x3 – 7x + 6 = (x – 1)(x2 + x – 6)

    = (x – 1)(x + 3)(x – 2)

    19
    Homework:

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