5x³ + 8x² - 7x - 6
1)
x + 2 is a factor because when using synthetic division, the remainder is zero.
-2 | 5 8 -7 -6
<u>| ↓ -10 4 6 </u>
5 -2 -3 0 ← remainder is zero
2)
x + 2 is not a factor because when using synthetic division, the remainder is not zero.
-1 | 5 8 -7 -6
<u>| ↓ -5 -3 10 </u>
5 3 -10 4 ← remainder is not zero
It is simply because school hates kids my guy.
First, subtract the numerators and keep the denominator. so it will be 19/8 then turn into a mixed number which will be 16 1/4
