Question

i need help seeing how they simplified an integral.

Answer 1

im not seeing how they 3+6x+22

Answer 2

on the numberator

Answer 3

@Ricky2

Answer 4

@marrero

Answer 5

@bakonloverk

Answer 6

So your question is how they obtained the equality
\[\frac{3x^2-2}{x^2-2x-8}=3+\frac{6x+22}{(x-4)(x+2)}\]correct?

Answer 7

yeah man

Answer 8

im not seeing it :/

Answer 9

They probably used polynomial long division to do this. Do you remember how to do that?

Answer 10

yeah, but i thought that only worked if the degree was larger in the numerator.

Answer 11

It works if the degree in the numerator is greater than or equal to the degree in the denominator.

Answer 12

hmmm, so i suppose it's worth a try

Answer 13

Let me know if you need any more help :)

Answer 14

Yeahhh, some one figured it out for ya Sal XD

Answer 15

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