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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Divide –2x³ + 21x² – 20x – 12 by (x – 3)

OpenStudy (raden):

use synthetic division....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I haven't learned how to do that yet :/

OpenStudy (raden):

by direct divsion ??

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you can use long division directly divide

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I suggest to use synthetic division. first we change the sign of the -3 in x - 3 to make it 3. then we solve it 3l -2 21 -20 -12 l -2 -6 45 75 l -2 15 25 63 so the answer is –2x^2 + 15x + 25 and remainder 63 Hope this helps

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