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
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. | 2 -5 3 -6
which translates to

(and note that

, as expected)
A and b are both accurate
For a:

which is true
For b:

which is also true
The answer is Mary, Mary got 88% Ben got 86% and Jim got 85%
M>5=m>4
m>5 and m>7 are on line then m>5+m>7=180
by substituting
m>4+37=180
m>4=143
m>2=m>7=37
m>4=m>8
m<3+m>5=180
Alright - we want to start off by seeing if this number would be positive or negative. Debit means that you owe something, or that you have to pay that amount of money. If you had money to buy things with, that would be positive, but since debit means you haven’t paid something off yet, that is negative. Next, since you have 40 dollars in debt, you have -40 dollars.
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