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Is (x-4) a factor of x^3 +x^2 -16x-16x 3 +x 2 −16x−16 ?

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For x – 4 to be a factor, you must have x = 4 as a zero. Using this information, I'll do the synthetic division with x = 4 as the test zero on the left:

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Is (x-4) a factor of x^3 +x^2 -16x-16x 3 +x 2 −16x−16 ?-example-1
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