How do you divide ( 3x^3 - 5x^2 + 10x +4 )/(3x+1)3x35x2+10x+43x+1?

1 Answer
Nov 4, 2016

The answer is =x^2-2x+4=x22x+4

Explanation:

Let's do the long division
color(white)(aaa)aaa3x^3-5x^2+10x+43x35x2+10x+4color(white)(aaa)aaa3x+13x+1
color(white)(aaa)aaa3x^3+x^23x3+x2color(white)(aaaaaaaaaaaaa)aaaaaaaaaaaaax^2-2x+4x22x+4
color(white)(aaaa)aaaa0-6x^2+10x06x2+10x
color(white)(aaaaaaa)aaaaaaa-6x^2-2x6x22x
color(white)(aaaaaaaaaa)aaaaaaaaaa0+12x+40+12x+4
color(white)(aaaaaaaaaaaa)aaaaaaaaaaaa+12x+4+12x+4
color(white)(aaaaaaaaaaaaaa)aaaaaaaaaaaaaa+0+0+0+0

:.(3x^3-5x^2+10x+4)/(3x+1)=x^2-2x+4