How do you use synthetic division to divide $3x^5+4x^4+2x^2-1$ by $x+2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-27T19:42:48

(If anyone can come up with an easier way to present this methodology, please let me know)

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$3x^5+4x^4+2x^2-1 div (x+2)$

$= 3x^4-2x^3+4x^2-6x+12$
with a Remainder of $-23$

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