How do you use synthetic division to divide (5x^3-6x^2+8)div(x-4)(5x36x2+8)÷(x4)?

1 Answer
May 14, 2017

The remainder is =232=232 and the quotient is =5x^2+14x+56=5x2+14x+56

Explanation:

Let's perform the synthetic division

Let f(x)=5x^3-6x^2+8f(x)=5x36x2+8

Let's perform the synthetic division

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f(x)=(5x^2+14x+56)+232/(x-4)f(x)=(5x2+14x+56)+232x4

The remainder is =232=232