Dividing Polynomials

Dividing Polynomials

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Warmup: Rectangle with area

 $x^2+12x+20$  one side of the rectangle has a length of (x+2). Find the length of the other side of the rectangle. 

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• Remember how to do long division?

Multiple Choice

use long division:

 $801\div3$  

• 297

• 201

• 325

Long Division with Polynomials

• works the same way

• build a polynomial to multiply by to get dividend.

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Multiple Choice

 $\frac{x^2-4x-32}{x+4}$  

• x-8

• x+3

• x-6

• yes

Multiple Choice

 $\frac{x^3-8x^2-3x+24}{x^2-3}$  

• x-8

• x+3

• x-6

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