Use synthetic division to determine whether the first expression is a factor of the second X-2, 4x^3-3x^2-4x+12(X-2)(__)

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Rdasxy · Answer 1 · 2023-07-31T22:02:05+0000

The expression is given as,

$4x^3-3x^2-4x\text{ + 12}$

The given factor is ( x - 2 ) .

Applying the synthetic division method ,

As the remainder is not zero in the last column .

Therefore ( x - 2 ) is not a factor of the given expression .