I am totally lost!

(3x^4--8x^2 -3x-3) / (x^2-3)

2 answers

You have to do polynomial long division.

I can't layout the problem here because of the alignment of columns and such.

See this website. It explains in detail how to do this.

I'll check your answer if you post it.

Good luck :)
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/polydiv2.htm
Just checking to see if I got this right.
Thanks,

(3x^4--8x^2 -3x-3) / (x^2-3)

3x^2+1 remainder -3x