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kaanonball

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Polynomial question
« on: February 04, 2009, 07:40:25 pm »
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The expressions   and    have a common factor x − 2. Find the values of p and q.

so does that mean that if they are divided by x - 2 they will equal 0?

any help would be appreciated
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dekoyl

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Re: Polynomial question
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2009, 07:48:12 pm »
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Yes you're right.
Let   and   





Solve simultaneously.

Edit: But you're doing methods CAS. So you may be able to use matrices or something.

Answer (I think): p = 1, q = -6

« Last Edit: February 04, 2009, 07:55:40 pm by dekoyl »
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kaanonball

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Re: Polynomial question
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2009, 07:59:00 pm »
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oks thanks!
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