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When is it better to use Synthetic division and when is it better to use long division?

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Synthetic division is a shorthand method of dividing polynomials for the special case of dividing by a linear factor whose leading coefficient is 1.

What you can do with synthetic division you can do with regular long division .But not the opposite

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