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Plz help me with this-example-1
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Answer: FALSE

Explanation:

x⁵ + 0x⁴ - 4x³ + 2x² - 4x + 1

If x - 2 is a factor, then x =2 should result in a remainder of 0 when using synthetic division.

2 | 1 0 -4 2 -4 1

| ↓ 2 4 0 4 0

1 2 0 2 0 1 ← Remainder ≠ 0 so x - 2 is NOT a factor

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