you probably never did "long division" by hand in grammar school
... this works the same way
or synthetic division
... it must have been explained before a problem like this
... google it
What is the result when 2x^3 -9x^2 +11x-6 is divided by x-3?
I have no idea how to even start solving this.
2 answers
start by learning polynomial division. This handy online calculator will show you how things work.
http://calc101.com/webMathematica/long-divide.jsp
http://calc101.com/webMathematica/long-divide.jsp