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(X^2– 5x + 8) / (x+2)

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Answer:

x - 7 + (22 / x+2)

Explanation:

You can use synthetic division. Synthetic division composes of writing the coefficients of the polynomial being divided, including every single degree from n to 0. For example x^3 + 2 includes the coefficients of x^2 and x which would just be 0. But in this case we don't have any missing values.

-2 | 1 -5 8

-2 14

1 -7 22

So all you do is write the root of the polynomial your dividing by in the top left which in this case is -2 and then write out the coefficients of the polynomial that you're dividing to the right of it. You drop the first value which in this case is 1 and then you multiply it by the root in the top left which is (1 * -2) = -2 and then you bring that below the next coefficient which is -5 and then you add them (-5 + (-2)) = -7 and then drop that down. You then multiply that by -2 and then repeat until you reach the end. If there is a value other than 0 in the last slot that is the remainder.

x - 7 + (22 / x+2)

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