You should write numbers in as many ways as you possibly can to make new connections in your brain. Knowing how to write numbers in many different ways can help you solve complex problems more easily. Doing this can also reinforce the mathematical principles and logic you have memorised.
Writing one in many different ways:
1=1/1=2/2=3/3=4/4=(-1)/(-1)=(-2)/(-2)
=1.0=1.00=1.000=(1/2)+(1/2)=(1/3)+(1/3)+(1/3)
=(1/4)+(1/4)+(1/4)+(1/4)
Writing a half in many different ways:
1/2=(1/4)+(1/4)=(1/6)+(1/6)+(1/6)
=(1/8)+(1/8)+(1/8)+(1/8)=4*(1/8)
=2/4=3/6=4/8=5/10=0.5=0.50
etc...etc...
10 / 1 is a rational and which is equal to 10 so 10 is also a rational number
The question is
if p(x)= 2x³-3x+5, what is the remainder of p(x) divided by (x-5)
We use the synthetic division to find the remainder,
x-5=0
x=5
Now, write the coefficients of polynomial.
5 | 2 0 -3 5
| ↓ 10 50 235
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2 10 47 | 240→ is the remainder.
Quotient= 2x²+10x+47
Remainder= 240
