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What is the remainder when P(x) is divided by (x+2)?

What is the remainder when P(x) is divided by (x+2)?-example-1
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Answer:

-4

Explanation:

When a polynomial, f(x), is divided by a linear function (x - a), the remainder would be found by finding the value of the function f(x) at x = a.

If we were to divide by (x + a), the remainder would have been found by finding the value of f(x) at x = -a.

You get the point.

Since no equation is given, no problem! We are asked what will be remainder if we were to divide by (x+2), so that means, the value of the function at x = -2 would give us the remainder!

Now, we look at x = -2 and find the corresponding y value (the value of the function)!

That is at y = -4!

So, the remainder when P(x) is divided by (x+2) would be -4

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