Question

Can you teach me how to do long division?

Answer 1

Any specific examples..?

Answer 2

I can teach you my more kid-friendly approach to long division, if that's okay with you.

Answer 3

2x^3-3x^2-36x+5

Answer 4

Oh that sort of long division... Yeah I always forget that. Luigi, I summon thee!

Answer 5

What are you dividing it by?

Answer 6

diving by x - 5

Answer 7

There's an easier way. Have you learned synthetic division?

Answer 8

No can you teach me please

Answer 9

Synthetic division is like upside down division. So for the problem \[\frac{ 2x^3-3x^2-36x+5 }{ x-5 }\]
It would look like this: