How do you divide #(10x^4+5x^3+4x^2-9)div(x+1)# using synthetic division?

1 Answer
Feb 24, 2017

The quotient is #=10x^3-5x^2+9x-9# and the remainder #=0#

Explanation:

We perform a synthetic division

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The remainder is #=0#

The quotient is #=10x^3-5x^2+9x-9#