3x^5 + 2x^2 What is the degree of this polynomial?A. 1B. 3C. 5D. 6
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If a person bought 8 items and each item was priced at $4, that means the total amount spent was $32.
The person received 8 dollars in change. This means that the person payed 8 dollars more than what they spent. Well, we just found out how much they spent, so we can find out how much money the person gave the vendor.
Let p = amount of money paid by the person.
The person gave the vendor $40.
You can find the remainder right away by simply plugging in 
. The polynomial remainder theorem guarantees that the value of 
is the remainder upon dividing 
by 
, but I digress...
Synthetic division yields
3 | 2 -11 18 -15
. | 6 -15 9
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
. | 2 -5 3 -6
which translates to
(and note that
, as expected)
Synthetic division yields
3 | 2 -11 18 -15
. | 6 -15 9
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
. | 2 -5 3 -6
which translates to
(and note that