Question

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)(__)

Answer 1

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 .