How is it possible to know how much he started with? Or is it not asking for an exact amount?
3.5, it is the coefficient and describes how many n there are
Dividing <em>f(x)</em> by 2<em>x</em> + 5 leaves the same remainder as division by <em>x</em> + 5/2. By the remainder theorem, it is equal to <em>f </em>(-5/2), so the remainder here is
<em>f</em> (-5/2) = 8 (-5/2)³ + 4 (-5/2)² - 13 (-5/2) + 3 = -129/2