How do you divide (-x^4-4x^3-9x^2-7x-7)/(x-2) x44x39x27x7x2?

1 Answer

-x^3-6x^2-21x-49x36x221x49 with a remainder of -105105

Explanation:

We can do long division on this:

color(white)((x-2)/color(black)(x-2)(-x^4-4x^3-9x^2-7x-7)/color(black)(")"bar(-x^4-4x^3-9x^2-7x-7)))x2x2x44x39x27x7)¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯x44x39x27x7

We multiply xx by -x^3x3 to get to -x^4x4, and so we have:

color(white)((x-2)/color(black)(x-2)(-x^4color(black)(color(white)(00)-x^3)-9x^2-7x-7)/color(black)(")"bar(-x^4-4x^3-9x^2-7x-7)))x2x2x400x39x27x7)¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯x44x39x27x7
color(white)((x-2)/(x-2)((color(black)(-x^4+2x^3)-9x^2-7x-7)/(color(black)bar(0x^4-6x^3-9x^2)-7x-7)))x2x2(x4+2x39x27x7¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯0x46x39x27x7)

We multiply xx by -6x^26x2 to get to -6x^36x3 and so we have:

color(white)((x-2)/color(black)(x-2)(-x^4color(black)(color(white)(00)-x^3-6x^2)-7x-7)/color(black)(")"bar(-x^4-4x^3-9x^2-7x-7)))x2x2x400x36x27x7)¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯x44x39x27x7
color(white)((x-2)/(x-2)((color(black)(-x^4+2x^3)-9x^2-7x-7)/(color(black)bar(0x^4-6x^3-9x^2)-7x-7)))x2x2(x4+2x39x27x7¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯0x46x39x27x7)
color(white)((x-2)/(x-2)((color(black)(color(white)(-x^4)-6x^3+12x^2)-7x-7)/(color(black)bar(color(white)(0x^4-)0x^3-21x^2-7x)-7)))x2x2(x46x3+12x27x7¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯0x40x321x27x7)

We multiply xx by -21x21x to get to -21x^221x2 and so we have:

color(white)((x-2)/color(black)(x-2)(-x^4color(black)(color(white)(00)-x^3-6x^2-21x)-7)/color(black)(")"bar(-x^4-4x^3-9x^2-7x-7)))x2x2x400x36x221x7)¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯x44x39x27x7
color(white)((x-2)/(x-2)((color(black)(-x^4+2x^3)-9x^2-7x-7)/(color(black)bar(0x^4-6x^3-9x^2)-7x-7)))x2x2(x4+2x39x27x7¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯0x46x39x27x7)
color(white)((x-2)/(x-2)((color(black)(color(white)(-x^4)-6x^3+12x^2)-7x-7)/(color(black)bar(color(white)(0x^4-)0x^3-21x^2-7x)-7)))x2x2(x46x3+12x27x7¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯0x40x321x27x7)
color(white)((x-2)/(x-2)((color(black)(color(white)(-x^4-2x^3)-21x^2+42x)-7)/(color(black)bar(color(white)(0x^4-0x^3)-0x^2-49x-7))))x2x2(x42x321x2+42x7¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯0x40x30x249x7)

We multiply xx by -4949 to get to -49x49x and so we have:

color(white)((x-2)/color(black)(x-2)(-x^4color(black)(color(white)(00)-x^3-6x^2-21x-49))/color(black)(")"bar(-x^4-4x^3-9x^2-7x-7)))x2x2x400x36x221x49)¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯x44x39x27x7
color(white)((x-2)/(x-2)((color(black)(-x^4+2x^3)-9x^2-7x-7)/(color(black)bar(0x^4-6x^3-9x^2)-7x-7)))x2x2(x4+2x39x27x7¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯0x46x39x27x7)
color(white)((x-2)/(x-2)((color(black)(color(white)(-x^4)-6x^3+12x^2)-7x-7)/(color(black)bar(color(white)(0x^4-)0x^3-21x^2-7x)-7)))x2x2(x46x3+12x27x7¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯0x40x321x27x7)
color(white)((x-2)/(x-2)((color(black)(color(white)(-x^4-2x^3)-21x^2+42x)-7)/(color(black)bar(color(white)(0x^4-0x^3)-0x^2-49x-7))))x2x2(x42x321x2+42x7¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯0x40x30x249x7)
color(white)((x-2)/(x-2)((color(black)(color(white)(-x^4-2x^3-1x^2)-49x+98))/(color(black)bar(color(white)(0x^4-0x^3-0x^2)-0x-105))))x2x2(x42x31x249x+98¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯0x40x30x20x105)

And so (-x^4-4^3-9x^2-7x-7)/(x-2)=-x^3-6x^2-21x-49x4439x27x7x2=x36x221x49 with a remainder of -105105