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Stroodle

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Synthetic division?
« on: June 14, 2009, 02:49:42 pm »
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Does anyone know the rules for synthetic division when the x term in the divisor has a coefficient?
For example how would I use synthetic division for:

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Re: Synthetic division?
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2009, 03:11:03 pm »
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Re: Synthetic division?
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2009, 03:25:59 pm »
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Thanks, but by using synthetic division is it:

-4    6    2   0   Keep: -1/2
       2   -4   1
-4    8   -2   1

Then I divide the bottom row by 2 (the coefficient of x in the divisor) except for the remainder: 1

Giving -2x^2+4x-1/2x+1

I think that's the way to do it, but I'm not sure?
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