How do you use synthetic substitution to find x=2 for #f(x) = 3x^5-2x^2+x#?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-17T02:40:07

#"Quotient " 3x^4 + 6x^3 + 12x^2 + 22 x + 45#

#"Remainder " = 90 / (x-2)#

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#"Quotient " 3x^4 + 6x^3 + 12x^2 + 22 x + 45#

#"Remainder " = 90 / (x-2)#