Question

What is 3x^4 + 5x^3 + x^2 - 5 divided by x + 2

Answer 1

Remember, there is a missing term which is crucial to solving this, and that is 0x.

Ima use synthetic division, because that's the quicker option here:

The zero of x+2 is -2...

-2 | 3 5 1 0 -5
-6 2 -6 12
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3 -1 3 -6 7

(Sorry, I'm unsure how to fix the formatting, plus I'm new to this. The -6 and such on the second line should be below the 5 and following of the first line, and the 3 and such on the last line should be below the 3 and following on the first line, leaving a space between the 3 on the first and third line.)

So the answer is: A. 3x^3 - x^2 + 3x - 6 + 7/(x+2)