How do you simplify (x^3 - 4x^2 - 17x +6) \divide (x-3)?

1 Answer
Oct 10, 2017

x^2-x-20-54/(x-3)

Explanation:

You can use synthetic division:

Our factor is (x-3) so our root is +3

3__| 1 color(white)(0)-4 color(white)(0)-17color(white)(0) 6
+color(white)(0)darrcolor(white)(00)3color(white)(00)-3color(white)(0)-60