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
x^5-2x^4+x^2-7x+1
-----------------
x+1
do synthetic division
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