Question

Do you find this with synthetic and long divison?

Answer 1

p=-2

Explanation:

we can solve by both methods

if it is divisible by x-1,then remainder is zero.

i solve by synthetic division.

x-1=0,x=1

1 | 1 -1 p 2

| 1 0 p

_________

1 0 p |2+p

Here 2+p is remainder.

p+2=0

p=-2