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

1 Answer
May 14, 2017

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

Explanation:

Let's perform the synthetic division

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

Let's perform the synthetic division

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

The remainder is #=232#