Pre-Calculus 12 Notes

By: Gen L.

Lesson 1: Long & Synthetic Division

Long Division Review

Divide .

Division Statements

• Can be written in these two ways:
• or
• Examples:
  • or

Polynomial Division

Long divide , restriction:

Synthesizing Division

• Another method of dividing polynomials is called "Synthetic Division"

• You could do the long division to check.
  

Special Case: no remainder

• Wait... This is the factored form!

Case: Missing Terms

• What do we do? Add a zero for missing terms!

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