Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's do this out as best as we can here. Here's the problem:
2 | 3 1 2 -7
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The rule is to bring down the first term, whatever it is (ours is a 3), and multiply it by the number "outside" which is a 2. Put that product up under the number next to the 3:
2 | 3 1 2 -7
6
3
Then add straight down, and multiply that sum by the 2 outside and put that product under the next number (the 2 "inside" the box):
2 | 3 1 2 =7
6 14
3 7
And do the same thing. Add straight down, multiply the sum by 2 and put the product up under the next number, -7, and add again. The final is shown below:
2 | 3 1 2 -7
6 14 32
3 7 16 25
The last number in the very bottom row, the depressed polynomial row, is the remainder. Ours is a 25. This is the super easy way to divide polynomials, as long as our divisor is a linear (first degree) term.
