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O POLYNOMIAL AND RATIONAL FUNCTIONSUsing the remainder theorem to evaluate a polynomial

O POLYNOMIAL AND RATIONAL FUNCTIONSUsing the remainder theorem to evaluate a polynomial-example-1
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Following the remainder theorem, we must divide p(x) between the binomial given by (x+1). For that operation, we are going to use synthetic division. Observe the picture below

With these results, we get that

Quotient:


-2x^2-x-1

Remainder: 6

P(-1): 6

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