Asked by Mitch n' Joey
Use synthetic division to find P(-3) for P(X)= x^4 - 2x^3 - 4x + 4
So I know how to do synthetic division and all, but I'm still somehow not coming up with the correct answer! Below is my work so far. Please help me interpret it so that I can get the correct answer. Thank you!
-3 | 1 -2 -4 4
| -3 15 -33
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| 1 -5 11 -29
I am being told that the answer is 151, but what about the 11 and the -29?
So I know how to do synthetic division and all, but I'm still somehow not coming up with the correct answer! Below is my work so far. Please help me interpret it so that I can get the correct answer. Thank you!
-3 | 1 -2 -4 4
| -3 15 -33
--------------------
| 1 -5 11 -29
I am being told that the answer is 151, but what about the 11 and the -29?
Answers
Answered by
Reiny
You have a very common mistake.
Notice there is no x^2 term, so you need a 0 as a placeholder
correction:
-3 | 1 -2 0 -4 4
.....| -3 15 -45 147
--------------------
.....| 1 -5 15 -49 151
hard to line up the columns , isn't it ?
Notice there is no x^2 term, so you need a 0 as a placeholder
correction:
-3 | 1 -2 0 -4 4
.....| -3 15 -45 147
--------------------
.....| 1 -5 15 -49 151
hard to line up the columns , isn't it ?
Answered by
Mitch n' Joey
Haha yeah it was, I wasn't sure if the spaces would register.
Thank you for this!!
Thank you for this!!
Answered by
youmomsidepiece
thanks
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