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Given f(x) = x^3 - 5x^2 + kx + 4 and that x-2 is a factor of f(x), what is the value of k? a. k = 0 b. k = -4 c. k = -2 d. k = 4
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Given f(x) = x^3 - 5x^2 + kx + 4 and that x-2 is a factor of f(x), what is the value of k?

a. k = 0
b. k = -4
c. k = -2
d. k = 4

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Either I’m being really dumb or this doesn’t work, x=2 because x-2 is a factor... the answer seems to be a lot larger than these
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Answer : k = 4
please refer to the solution below :)
Given f(x) = x^3 - 5x^2 + kx + 4 and that x-2 is a factor of f(x), what is the value-example-1
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