BUNDAY TUTORIAL

Lagos State University

POLYNOMIALS & PARTIAL FRACTIONS

POLYNOMIALS
1. If f (x) = 2x4 + 3x3 − x2 + 2x − 3, find (a) f (1) (b) f (−1) (c) f (0) (d) f (− 12 )
2. Given that P (x) = ax2 + bx + 1, P (1) = 6 and P (−1) = 2, determine the values of a and b.
3. f (x) = ax3 + 2x2 + bx + c. Given that f (0) = f (1) = f (−2) = 8, find the values of a, b and c.

4. If f1 (x) = 2x3 + 5x2 − 3x + 3, f2 (x) = x3 − 3x2 + 2x + 1, f3 (x) = 4x3 + 2x2 − 3x + 4. Find (a) 2f1 (x) (b) 2f1 (x) + 3f2 (x) (c) f2 f3
5. Find the quotients and remainders when f (x) = 4x3 + 3x2 − 2x + 1 is divided by: (a) 2x + 1 (b) 2x − 3 (c) 4x − 1 (d) x + 2
6. Find the quotients and remainders when P (x) = 6x3 + 4x2 − x + 5 is divided by (a) 3x2 + 2x + 1 (b) x3 − 3x + 2 (c) 6x2 + x − 2
7. Find the remainders when
(i) x2 − 5x + 1 is divided by (a) x − 2 (b) x + 1
(ii) 2x2 + x + 1 is divided by (a) 2x − 1 (b) x + 3
(iii) 3x2 − 5 is divided by (a) 2x + 1 (b) x + 3
(i) x2 − 3x + 7 is divided by (a) 2x + 1 (b) x − 5
(i) x3 − x2 + x − 1 is divided by (a) x − 3 (b) 2x − 1
8. What is the value of k if (x − 1) is a factor of x3 + x2 + kx + 1?
9. (x − 1) and (x + 3) are factors of x3 + ax2 + bx + 12. Find a and b and the remaining factor. State the roots of the equation
x3 + ax2 + bx + 12 = 0

10. Find the zeros of the polynomial x3 + 2x2 − 5x − 6

13. Given that x2 − 3x + 2 is a factor of x4 + ax2 + bx + 8, find the values of a and b (A) -3,-6 (B) 3,-4 (C) -4,3 (D) -2,-3
14. A polynomial p(x) is divided by x2 − x and the remainder is a + bx. Determine the constants a and b.
15. Factorize each of the following completely (a) x3 + 10x2 + 23x + 14 (b) x4 − 1
16. Given that x2 − 3x − 10 is a factor of g(x) = 2x3 − 7x2 + bx + c where b and c are constants, find the values of the constants b
and c and hence factorize g(x) completely
17. If x + 2 and x − 3 are factors of the polynomial f (x) = x3 + ax2 − 7x + b, where a and b are constants, determine the values of
a and b and hence factorize f (x) completely
18. Given that f (x) = 2x3 + px2 + qx − 5, find the values of the constants p and q such that the remainder is 8 when f (x) is divided
by x + 1 and 35 when it is divided by x + 2. Hence find the remainder when f (x) is divided by x − 2.

19. When the polynomial H(x) = dx3 + f x2 − 7x − 6 is divided by x − 1 the remainder is -10 and when it is divided by x − 3, the
remainder is 36. Find the values of the constants d and f.
20. If h(x) = x2 + 5x + 6 is a factor of P (x) = ax3 + 4x2 + bx − 6, find (a) the values of the constants a and b (b) the remainder
when P (x) is divided by x − 2

21. If the polynomial f (x) = ax2 + 13x + b and g(x) = 4x2 + px + q are divided by x − 1 the remainders are 12 and 6 respectively.
If they are divided by x − 2 the remainders are 40 and 20 respectively. Find the values of the constants a, b, p and q and hence
determine the values of x for which f (x) = g(x).
22. If g(x) = f (x + 1) and f (x) = x2 + 3x + 2, find the remainder when g(x) is divided by x − 1.

23. The polynomial f (x) = x3 − x2 − 6kx + 4k 2 , where k is a constant, has (x − 3) as a factor. (a) find the possible values of k (b)
for the integral value of k, find the remainder when f (x) is divided by x + 2.
24. The expression px2 + qx + 6 is divisible by x − 3, and it has a remainder of 20 when it is divided by x + 1, find the values of p
and q.
25. The remainder when the polynomial f (x) = ax3 + 3x2 + bx + 15 is divided by (x − 1) is -12. When it is divided by (x − 2), the
remainder is -21. Find (i) the values of the constants a and b (ii) the zeros of f (x).
 PARTIAL FRACTIONS
1. Resolve the following into partial fractions
6x−10 x3 −x2 −4 4x+11
(i) x2 −2x−3 (ii) x2 −1 (iii) x2 +4x−5
13−5x2 x2 +4x−7 x2 +2
(iv) (x−1)(x3 +1) (v) (x+1)(x2 +4) (vi) (x2 +2x+3)(2x+1)
2x4 −2x3 +4x2 −2x 7x+2 2x3 +2x2 +2 x2
(vii) (x−1)(x3 +1) (viii) (2x−3)(x+1)2 (ix) (x+1)2 (x2 +1) (x) (x+1)3

x2 +x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2. Express as partial fraction: (x−1)(x2 +1) (A) x−1 + x2 +1 (B) x+1 + x2 −1 (C) x+1 − x2 −1 (D) x−1 − x2 +1

x+7 4 3 x 7 3 4 3 4
3. Express as partial fraction: (x−2)(x−5) (A) x−5 − x−2 (B) x−2 + x−5 (C) x−2 − x−5 (D) x−5 − x−2

x3 −1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
4. Express as partial fraction: x2 (x+1) (A) x+1 − x + x2 (B) x+1 + x − x2 (C) x+1 − x + x2 (D) x+1 − x + x2

35x−14 5 4 35x 14 35 14 4 5
5. Express as partial fraction: (7x−2)2 (A) 7x−2 − (7x−2)2 (B) 7x−2 + (7x−2)2 (C) 7x−2 − (7x−2)2 (D) 7x−2 − (7x−2)2

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