For my math hw I received a bunch of problems, but what I'm having problems with is this one; I can't figure out where to go from here:
(5x^3+[0x^2]+4x-1)/2x+3.
Now, I know how to divide polynomials, but I don't know where to go from here as 2x divided into 5x^3 yields 2x^2, and after the subtraction is worked out, you end up with this: x^3-6x^2.
The problem is you must completely divide the the divisor 2x+3 into 5x^3+0x^2, but that cannot be done. I would belive you'd do something along the lines of 2.5x^2, but that doesn't make sense and I think my teacher said something about not being able to do that.
2007-01-05
05:34:42
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