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shreya_ajoshi:
The question asks: What would the remainder be if x^2 is divided by x+3.
Would it just be (-3)^2 = 9

The answers say the answer is -27 which confused me a little

RuiAce:

--- Quote from: shreya_ajoshi on January 02, 2017, 07:05:07 pm ---The question asks: What would the remainder be if x^2 is divided by x+3.
Would it just be (-3)^2 = 9

The answers say the answer is -27 which confused me a little

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It's 9. The question was likely typo'd and meant x^3, not x^2

shreya_ajoshi:

--- Quote from: RuiAce on January 02, 2017, 07:08:04 pm ---It's 9. The question was likely typo'd and meant x^3, not x^2

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Okay, thank you very much :)

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