How do you long divide # 3x^4 - x^3 - 3x^2 + 7x - 12 div x^2 - 4#?
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This is tricky to lay out by typing it, so I have hand written it and posted a photo below. The approach is exactly the same as 'normal' long division with numbers.
Explanation:
The tricky bit with this one is that there is an
I first knew I would need
It took
I won't walk through the rest of the calculation as slowly as I have so far, but hopefully the image will make it clear.
Apologies for the quality of the image.