Question

How do you use synthetic division to divide `( x^4 + 3x^3 - 5x^2 + 9 ) / ( x + 4 )`?

Answer 1

Quotient would be `x^3-x^2-x+4` with remainder 7

Explanation:

The process is explained in the table shown in the picture. The coefficients of the polynomial are written in the first row. Coefficient of x term is 0