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Dividing Polynomials Using Long Division

This document provides examples and instructions for dividing polynomials using long division. It gives two examples of dividing one polynomial by another. The first example divides 2x^3 - 8x^2 + 9x - 2 by x - 2. The second example divides 8t^3 + 14t + 8 by 2t + 1. It demonstrates how to set up the long division problem by multiplying terms and subtracting. The document concludes by providing three additional practice problems for the reader to solve using long division.

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Dividing Polynomials Using Long Division

This document provides examples and instructions for dividing polynomials using long division. It gives two examples of dividing one polynomial by another. The first example divides 2x^3 - 8x^2 + 9x - 2 by x - 2. The second example divides 8t^3 + 14t + 8 by 2t + 1. It demonstrates how to set up the long division problem by multiplying terms and subtracting. The document concludes by providing three additional practice problems for the reader to solve using long division.

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Dividing Polynomials Using Long Division

Model Problems:

2 x3  8 x 2  9 x  2
Example 1: Divide using long division.
x2

x  2 2 x3  8 x 2  9 x  2

x – 2 is called the divisor and 2 x 3  8x 2  9 x  2 is called the dividend. The first step is to find
what we need to multiply the first term of the divisor (x) by to obtain the first term of the
dividend (2x3). This is 2x2. We then multiply x – 2 by 2x2 and put this expression underneath the
dividend. The term 2x2 is part of the quotient, and is put on top of the horizontal line (above the
8x2). We then subtract 2x3 - 4x2 from 2x3 – 8x2 + 9x – 2.

2x2
x  2 2 x 3  8x 2  9 x  2
 (2 x 3  4 x 2 )
 4x 2  9x  2

The same procedure is continued until an expression of lower degree than the divisor is obtained.
This is called the remainder.
2 x 2 - 4x  1
x  2 2 x3  8x 2  9 x  2
- (2 x 3  4 x 2 )
 4x2  9x  2
 ( 4 x 2  8 x )
x2
 ( x  2)
0

2 x 3  8x 2  9 x  2
We’ve found that  2x 2  4x  1
x2

8𝑡 3 +14𝑡+8
Example 2: 2𝑡+1
Since the dividend (the numerator) doesn’t have a second-degree term, it is useful to use placeholders so
that we do our subtraction correctly. The problem works out as follows:

2𝑡 + 12𝑡 + 1)8𝑡 3 + 0𝑡 2 + 14𝑡 + 8

Dividing we get: 4t2 −2𝑡 + 8


2𝑡 + 1) 8𝑡 3 + 0𝑡 2 + 14𝑡 + 8
−(8𝑡 3 + 4𝑡 2 )
−4𝑡 2 + 14𝑡
−(−4𝑡 2 − 2𝑡)
+16𝑡 + 8
−(+16𝑡 + 8)
0

PRACTICE:

3x3  5 x 2  11x  3 4 x3  6 x 2  10 x  4 x3  1
1. 2. 3.
x3 2 x 1 x 1

ANSWERS:

1 2
1. 3x 2  4 x  1 2. 2 x 2  4 x  3  3. x 2  x  1 
2 x 1 x 1

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