Question

The long division below shows the first term of the quotient. which polynomial should be subtracted from the dividend first? x 2 startlongdivisionsymbol x cubed 3 x squared x endlongdivisionsymbol to get a quotient of x squared

Answer 1

The polynomial that should be subtracted from the dividend first is; x³ + 2x²

How to carry out polynomial long division?

The long division we are given is;

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x + 2 ) x³ + 3x² + x

Now, when we divide the polynomial by (x + 2), it means that the first quotient will be x².

Then by the multiplication of (x + 2) and x², we get a polynomial which will be subtracted from the dividend. Thus, we have;

(x + 2) * (x²) = x³ + 2x²

Thus, the polynomial to be subtracted is x³ + 2x²

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