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What is the quotient of (x3 + 3x2 + 5x + 3) ÷ (x + 1)?

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Answer:

the quotient is 1 x^2 + 2 x + 3

Explanation:

Use synthetic division here; it's less work. Setting up synthetic division, we get:

-1 / 1 3 5 3

-1 -2 -3

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1 2 3 0

Since the remainder is 0, we know that x + 1 divides evenly into x^3 + 3x^2 + 5x + 3 and that the quotient is 1 x^2 + 2 x + 3

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