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DIVIDING POLYNOMIALS Mr. Velazquez
Honors Precalculus
FACTORING USING DIVISION
Because factoring a polynomial involves finding two multiplicative factors, we can occasionally find factors for polynomials by the use of polynomial division.
There are other techniques that can help simplifythe process of finding polynomial factorsβthesewill be covered in detail in a later lecture.
Today we will be focusing on two techniques for dividing polynomials: long division and synthetic division.
POLYNOMIAL LONG DIVISION
POLYNOMIAL LONG DIVISION
Example: Dividing 6π₯4 + 5π₯3 + 3π₯ β 5 by 3π₯2 β 2π₯
POLYNOMIAL LONG DIVISION
Example: Dividing 9π₯2 + 6π₯ + 5 by 3π₯ β 2
NOTE THE
REMAINDER!
POLYNOMIAL LONG DIVISION
Example: Divide π₯3 + 3π₯ β 2 by π₯2 + 5π₯ β 3
THE DIVISION ALGORITHM
That last bit is somewhat important for us, as it will allow us to determine factors for polynomials that might be too difficult for conventional factoring.
In general, if π(π₯) can be evenly divided by π(π₯) to produce a quotient π π₯with no remainder, we should conclude that both π π₯ and π π₯ are factors of π(π₯)
EXAMPLES:Divide the following using polynomial long division.
6π₯3 β 4π₯2 + 7
2π₯ β 5
8π₯4 β 3π₯3 + 5π₯ + 1
π₯2 β 2π₯ β 1
CLASSWORK, PART 1 (DO NOW!!)
On a separate sheet of paper, divide the following using polynomial long division:
SYNTHETIC DIVISION
This process looks complicated, but it actually simplifies quite easily, as we will soon see.
COMPARING METHODS
SYNTHETIC DIVISION
Hereβs how we use this method to divide 5π₯3 + 6π₯ + 8 by π₯ + 2
SYNTHETIC DIVISION
Here we use it to divide 5π₯2 + 7π₯ β 1 by π₯ + 2(Note that our divisor must be a binomial of degree 1, with no coefficients)
Therefore:
EXAMPLES:Divide the following using polynomial synthetic division.
π₯3 β 7π₯ β 6
π₯ + 2
THE REMAINDER THEOREM
So π π = π
EXAMPLES:Use synthetic division and the remainder theorem to find the indicated function value.
If π π₯ = 6π₯2 β 2π₯ + 5, find π(1)
If π π₯ = 3π₯3 β 5π₯2 + 1, find π(2)
THE FACTOR THEOREM
EXAMPLES:
CLASSWORK & HOMEWORK
Use synthetic division to find the following (on the same sheet of
paper as part 1):
Homework:
2.4 β Pg. 324, #2-46
(evens)
DONβT FORGET YOUR MATH JOURNAL!
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