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Long division (x^2 -14x+ 52)/(x-7)

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To do a long division of polynomials, we will follow similar steps from the standard long division.

So, we start by putting the dividend and the divisor:

x - 7 | x² -14x +52

Now, we look for which polynomial we need to multiply the divisor so that we get a term that will be the same as the first term of the dividend, x². We can multiply the divisor by x, so we put x on the top and the result under the dividend to substract from it:

x

x - 7 | x² -14x +52

- x² -7x

-7x +52

Now, the new polynomial we have is -7x + 52, so we need a new polynomial to multiply our divisor so that we get the same as the first term, -7x. So, we can multiply the polynomial by -7, so we put the -7 on top and do the multiplication and the substraction:

x -7

x - 7 | x² -14x +52

- x² -7x

-7x +52

- -7x +49

3

Now that we obtained a polynomial (which is actually a constant) that has a degree less then aour divisor, we can't continue.

Now, to get the results, we look at the top part and the bottom part. The top part has x - 7, which means this is the quotient, and the bottom part has 3, which means this is the remainder.

So, the division (x² - 14x + 52) / (x - 7) has the quotient x - 7 and the remainder 3.

This means that we can answer this as:


(x^2-14x+52)/(x-7)=x-7+(3)/(x-7)

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