Question

Divide:

6x4 -2x3 - 13x - 7 by 3x + 8

When I did it, I tried long division and got the answer ..
2x^3-6x^2+16x+(369/(3x+8))

Did I do it correctly?

Thanks y'all! :)

Answer 1

\[\large{\frac{6x4 -2x3 - 13x - 7}{3x+8}}\]

Answer 2

yes you got it right

Answer 3

you can verify that by remainder theorem ..

Answer 4

What is the remainder theorem?

Answer 5

Nice to see that you are interested in it :

Remainder theorem : http://www.purplemath.com/modules/remaindr.htm

Answer 6

wait i can give u an example ( quick )

Answer 7

suppose that we are dividing x^2 + 4x by x