How do you divide ( -x^3+ x^2+12x+36 )/(x - 5 )−x3+x2+12x+36x−5?

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Alan P.
Feb 24, 2016

One method would be to apply synthetic division
color(white)("XXX")-x^2-4x-8 and (-4)/(x-5)XXX−x2−4x−8and−4x−5

Explanation:

{:(,,x^3,x^2,x^1,x^0),(,"|",-1,+1,+12,+36),(,"|",,-5,-20,-40),(bar(xx (+5)),bar("|"),bar(-1),bar(-4),bar(-8),bar(-4)),(,,x^2,x^1,x^0,"Remainder"):}

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