Question

If p(x)=2x4 + 3x3 - 3x2 – 2x + 5 is divided by 2x2 + 3x – 1,then the remainder is x – a. Find a. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

P(x) = 2x⁴ + 3x³ + 3x² + 2x + 5

Rearranging and rewriting the above equation so as to get the divisor 2x² + 3x + 1,

P(x) = 2x⁴ + 3x³ + x² + 2x² + 2x +1+4

= P(x) = x²(2x² + 3x + 1) + 2x² + 2x + 1 + 4

Again for making the divisor adding and subtracting x in above equation

P(x) = x²(2x² + 3x + 1) + 2x² + 2x + x + 1 - x + 4

= P(x) = x²(2x² + 3x + 1) + (2x² + 3x + 1) - x + 4

Now as the first two terms of P(x) contain the divisor they are divisible by it leaving remainder zero.Hence the remainder is equal to the last term .

= Remainder = -x + 4

Thus a = 4.

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