How do you use synthetic division to divide (-3x^4)/(x+2)?

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Alan P.
Nov 14, 2017

(-3x^4)/(x+2)=-3x^3+6x^2-12x+24 with a Remainder of (-48)

Explanation:

(x+2)=0 rarr x=color(red)((-2))
Synthetic division by (x+2) is equivalent to synthetic substitution with x=color(red)((-2))

{:(,,color(grey)x^4,color(grey)x^3,color(white)("xx")color(grey)x^2,color(white)("x")color(grey)x^1,color(white)("xx")color(grey)x^0), (," | ",-3,0,color(white)("xx")0,color(white)("x")0,color(white)("xx")0), (ul(+color(white)("x"))," | ",ul(color(white)("Xx")),ul(6),ul(-12),ul(24),ul(-48)), (xxcolor(red)((-2))," | ",-3,6,-12,24,-48), (,,color(grey)(x^3),color(grey)(x^2),color(white)("x")color(grey)(x^1),color(grey)(x^0),color(grey)R) :}

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