How do you divide (x^3-x^2-14x+25)div(x-3) using synthetic division?

1 Answer
May 19, 2017

The remainder is =1 and the quotient is =x^2+2x-8

Explanation:

Let's perform the synthetic division

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color(white)(aaaa)color(white)(aaaaaaa)|color(white)(aaaa)color(white)(aaaaaaaa)3color(white)(aaaaaaaa)6color(white)(aaaaa)-24
color(white)(aaaaaaaaaaaa)________

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(x^3-x^2-14x+25)/(x-3)=(x^2+2x-8)+1/(x-3)

The remainder is =1 and the quotient is =x^2+2x-8