Question

Which of the following expressions is this one equivalent to (x^4-2x^3-x-2)/(x^3-1)
a. x^2+x+1
b. x+2
c. 2x-5-3/x^3-1
d. x^2+3x+2

Answer 1

\[\frac{ x ^{4 \space - 2x ^{3 }} \space - x - 2 }{ x ^{3} \space - 1 }\]

Answer 2

Yes

Answer 3

What's c again? 2x -5 -3?

Answer 4

I used sythetic division

Answer 5

c is 2x-5-3/x^3-1

Answer 6

so you divided the polynomials, let's see what you get