Intermediate Algebra (6th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.4 - Dividing Polynomials: Long Division and Synthetic Division - Exercise Set - Page 371: 90

Answer

(i) $\dfrac{f(x)}{g(x)}=4x^3-3x^2+1-\frac{1}{3x}$ (ii) The domain of $\dfrac{f(x)}{g(x)}$ does not include 0.

Work Step by Step

Divide $f(x)$ by $g(x)$ to have: $\dfrac{f(x)}{g(x)} = \dfrac{12x^4-9x^3+3x-1}{3x}$ $\dfrac{f(x)}{g(x)} = 4x^3-3x^2+1-\frac{1}{3x}$ Since $3x$ is in the denominator of the original quotient, and a denominator is not allowed to be zero, then $3x \ne 0 \\x \ne 0$
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