How do you use synthetic substitution to find x=2 for $f(x) = 3x^5-2x^2+x$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-17T02:40:07

$"Quotient " 3x^4 + 6x^3 + 12x^2 + 22 x + 45$

$"Remainder " = 90 / (x-2)$

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$"Quotient " 3x^4 + 6x^3 + 12x^2 + 22 x + 45$

$"Remainder " = 90 / (x-2)$

How do you use synthetic substitution to find x=2 for f(x) = 3x^5-2x^2+xf(x) = 3x^5-2x^2+x?