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Use division to express the fraction in the form quotient + remainder / divisor. y^2-y-11/y-3

User Flexd
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use long division or synthetic division
I will use long

y-3 times y=y^3-3y
subtract that from y^2-y-11
we are left with
2y-11
multiply y-3 by 2 and get 2y-6
subtract that from 2y-11
get 5 as a remainder

answer is y+2+5/(y-3)
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