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ching cture.com/courses/6122/discussion_topics/55849 This is a graded discussion: 100 points possible due Mar 25 29 DQ -Week 9 Note: see "Discussion Questions Tips" (a PDF fle) under "Announcements" at the left for information and guidance on discussions, or if you are stuck on what to write. Be sure to write a post of your own, and also respond to another student's post with constructive feedback, in order to receive full credit Question: Describe the process of synthetic division. When is synthetic division not useful for dividing polynomials? Challenge: What happens when we divide a polynomial by x? What about x2? What about x" where n is a positive integer?

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Steps required for synthetic division:-

1) equal the denominator to zero to find the number to put in the division box.

2)  make sure the numerator is written in descending order and if any terms are missing you then use a zero to fill in the missing term.

3) finally list only the coefficient in the division problem.

4) bring the first number straight down.

5) Multiply the number in the division box with the number you brought down and write the result below the next number and now add these two numbers together and write the result in the bottom of the row.

6) Repeat step 5 until you reach the end of the problem.

7) Write the final answer(last number). the last number being the remainder and remainder must be written as the fraction.

Now if the degree of the denominator is greater than 1 then you can not use this method, then you must use polynomial long di method.

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