How do you divide using synthetic division: #(2x^3 - 4x^2 - 7x + 5)/(x - 3)#?

1 Answer
Feb 21, 2017

The remainder is #=2# and the quotient is #=2x^2+2x-1#

Explanation:

We perform the synthetic division

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#color(white)(aaaaaa)##color(white)(aaa)##|##color(white)(aaa)##color(white)(aaaaaaaa)##6##color(white)(aaaaaa)##6##color(white)(aaa)##-3#

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The remainder is #=2#

The quotient is #=2x^2+2x-1#

Verification, by using the remainder theorem

#f(3)=54-36-21+5=59-57=2#