How do you use synthetic division to divide $(x^3-2x-22x+40)$ divided by (x-4)?

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Answer 1 · 2017-12-09T21:42:29

The quotient is $x^2+4x-8+\frac{8}{x-4}$ .

First, a quick overview of synthetic division:

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In this problem, the number outside the L-shape will be $4$ .

The coefficients inside will be $1$ , $0$ , $-24$ , and $40$ .

The remainder will always be the last number to the right, divided by the entire original divisor.

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