Precalculus: Concepts Through Functions, A Unit Circle Approach to Trigonometry (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32193-104-1
ISBN 13: 978-0-32193-104-7

Appendix A - Review - A.5 Synthetic Division - A.5 Assess Your Understanding - Page A44: 2

Answer

$=3\ |\ 2\ 0\ -5\ 1$

Work Step by Step

To perform a synthetic division by $x-c$, we put the number $c$ to the left, thus we put -$3$ to the left. We put coefficients $2\ 0\ -5\ 1$ of the dividend as a group to the right, thus the starting form will look like $=3\ |\ 2\ 0\ -5\ 1$
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