Here's how the process of synthetic division works, step-by-step. Divide \(3{x^3} - 4x + 5\) by \((x + 2)\) and state the quotient and remainder. First, make sure the polynomial is listed in order of ...

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The previous method works perfectly well but only finds the remainder. To find the quotient as well, use synthetic division as follows. Now you need to factorise the second bracket. There's no point ...