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Title: MATH: Synthetic Division of a Polynomial by a Binomial
Post by: Akuma on February 15, 2010, 09:00:14 PM

If you are about 16+ and/or enjoy math, give this a try.  I learned this in high school as a junior, and then it just came up again today in one of my college math courses.  I was very surprised to see that my professor had never seen this before.  Graphing calculators make these computations in the background, but it is nice to know how to do by hand.  It is a very useful tool to have at your disposal.  I hope at least one person can put this tool to good use.  =)

http://www.tpub.com/math1/10h.htm

Title: Re: MATH: Synthetic Division of a Polynomial by a Binomial
Post by: Đstroyr on February 15, 2010, 09:24:58 PM

I learned that in college as well. It is very useful and is fun once you see what the problem is leading to.

Title: Re: MATH: Synthetic Division of a Polynomial by a Binomial
Post by: jim360 on March 08, 2010, 03:38:10 PM

At first glance I'd say that I am happy to stick with long division - easier to check the working. And since most of my problems occur when doing the working, I need as much time as I can get on that!