Question

Divide.
(x^2+11x+29) divided by (x+6)
Your answer should give the quotient and the remainder.
Quotient:
Remainder:

Answer 1

so you can use polynomial division, synthetic division or some common sense...

which do you prefer... ?

Answer 2

Let's see I prefer.....

Answer 3

the common sense approach is to look at the coefficient of x

11 = 6 + ? ? can be used to find the other factor


then its an anjustment

(x + 6)(x + ?) -R(x) = x^2 + 11x + 29

Answer 4

Sorry I'm not as good as math as you but i still don't understand

Answer 5

thanks for your help anyway other than your sarcasm

Answer 6

ok... so what do you add to 6 to get 11..?

Answer 7

there is no sarcasm... this problem can be solved using some insight... or by a formulated method such as polynomial division or synthetic division...

it's really what you know... and can use to solve the problem

Answer 8

you get 6+5 is 11 but i don't understand if that's the quotient or the remainder. Clearly math is not my thing. I'm better in English, History, and Science as long as there is no math involved.

Answer 9

ok... so

(x+6)(x+5) are factors which give x^2 + 11x + 30 when distributed...

what adjustment needs to be made to get your quadratic x^2 + 11x + 29..?

Answer 10

knowing the coeffient of of x is the sum of the roots... is an important concept..

Answer 11

Thanks for your help. I've been trying for two weeks to understand this but I'm really not that smart to understand this. But thank you for trying to help

Answer 12

so you need to write your quadratic as the product of the divisor and quotient and then add a remainder