Question

When doing synthetic division the last number down on the right side...
A) Is the numberator of the remainder
B) Is ignored
C) Is the denominator of the remainder

Answer 1

http://www.onlinemath4all.com/images/remainder-1.jpg

Answer 2

numerator or denominator?

Answer 3

numerator = remainder
denominator = divisor (always)

Answer 4

In the link above if we assume we are doing that synthetic division to divide the polynomial 3x^3 - 2x^2 + 6x - 7 by (x-2) then the remainder will be 21 / (x-2).