Describe the process of synthetic division. When is synthetic division not useful for dividing polynomials? What happens when we divide a polynomial by x? Can we use synthetic division to do this? 

What about when we divide a polynomial by x²? What about xⁿ, where n is a positive integer? 

Can you use synthetic division repeatedly to divide by (x  a)ⁿ? How might you do this?

 

 

 

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Synthetic division is a method used to divide polynomials by linear binomials of the form x a where a is a constant The process involves creating a sy... View the full answer