Asked by g

x^5-2x^4+x^2-7x+1
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x+1

do synthetic division
Answered by drwls
No, you try to first. It is just like long division with numbers.

The first term will be x^4.

Did you leave out an x^3 term in the dividend? There will be a remainder.

Google "polynomial long division" for assistance. One good site is

http://webgraphing.com/polydivision.jsp
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