Question

reduce: (x^3-3x^2+2x+1)/x-4

Answer 1

x^2 - 3x + 2 + (1/x) - 4

If you meant (x^3-3x^2+2x+1)/(x-4), then it woudl be very different. Odd, how you decided to use parentheses CORRECTLY in teh numerator but entirely overlooked them in the Denominator.

What do you know of Synthetic Division? This will solve your problem very quickly.

Answer 2

i don't know anything about synthetic division

Answer 3

Ah, too bad. It's Long Division, then. Can you do it?

Answer 4

no,, but that is the correct question

Answer 5

Line it up: x-4 x^3 - 3x^2 + 2x+ 1

It's pretty much like old-fashioned long-hand numerical division.

Getting x up to x^3 requires x^2