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Problem 1MCCP: In Exercises 1-25, simplify the given expression or perform the indicated operation (and simplify,...
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The question was to “Use synthetic division to divide 3x^4 + 18^3 - 3x + 40 by x + 7”
Please show your work as I am stumped as to where they got a -150 and remainder of 1,090. I would also like it to be in the format used in the above example, please and thank you guys so much for your help.

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Example 5
Use synthetic division to divide -9x + 10x +7x 6 by x- 1.
Using Synthetic Division to Divide a Fourth-Degree Polynomial
Solution Notice there is no x-term. We will use a zero as the coefficient for that term.
1
-9
10
0.
-6
-9
1
8
8
1
8.
The result is -9x + x + 8x + 8 +
X- 1
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Use synthetic division to divide 3x + 18x-3x + 40 by x+ 7.
Using Polynomial Division to Solve Application Problems
Polynomial division can be used to solve a variety of application problems involving expression
We looked at an application at the beginning of this section. Now we will solve that problem in
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