How do you use synthetic division to determine if 1 is a lower bound of f(x)=4x32x2+2x4?

1 Answer
Oct 6, 2017

Quotient=4x2+2x+4 & Remainder =0

Explanation:

4x32x2+2x4(x1) using synthetic division:
1 | 4 -2 2 -4
| 4 2 4
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| 4 2 4 0
Quotient =4x2+2x+4 & Remainder =0

Verification:
f(1)=42+24=0