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Synthetic Division Calculator

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Synthetic Division Calculator

Synthetic division calculator is a tool that performs synthetic division by using the polynomial as a numerator and linear factor as a denominator. The synthetic division calculator gives a step-by-step solution to every problem.

Definition of Synthetic division

Synthetic division is a method of dividing polynomials by linear factors. It is a very simple technique to divide the polynomial with the linear factor of the form “x-c”. Where “c” is a self-determined constant.

Formula

The formula of synthetic division is stated as follows.

P(x)/(x-c) = Q(x) + R/(x-c)

Where,

  • P(x) = dividend polynomial of any order.
  • (x-c) = linear factor of degree 1.
  • Q(x) = quotient polynomial formed after applying the synthetic technique.
  • R = constant quantity is known as the residual or remainder.

Example of Synthetic Division

Solve the question by synthetic division if,

Numerator polynomial = 7x4+2x2-2

Denominator polynomial = x-2

Solution:

Step 1: Write the given data.

P(x) = 7x4+2x2-2

Linear factor = x-2

P(x)/Linear factor = (7x4+2x2-2)/ (x-2)

Step 2: Write the coefficients of the numerator polynomial and write them from greatest to least.

7, 0, 2, 0, −2

Step 3: Put the denominator term equal to zero and find the value of the unknown variable.

x2=0

x=2

Step 4: Write the above data in the synthetic division and simplify.

synthetic division steps

The quotient is 7x3 + 14x2 + 30x + 60 and the remainder is 118.

Step 5: Write the value according to the synthetic division formula.

Q(x) = 7x3 + 14x2 + 30x + 60, R = 118, and c = 2

[7x4+2x2-2/ x-2] = (7x3 + 14x2 + 30x + 60) + [118/ (x-2)]

Some other examples

Here are a few results of other examples in the table section.

Numerator Polynomial

Denominator Polynomial

Quotient

Remainder

7x5+2x2-2

x - 5

7x4+35x3+175x2+877x+4385

21923

7x3+4x2+3

x - 4

7x2+32x+128

515

x3+7x2+3

x-2

x2+9x+18

39

x5+7x2+3

x-4

x4+4x3+16x2+71x+284

1139

x6-x3+3

x-2

x5+2x4+4x3+7x2+14x+28

59

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