Re: Dividing Polynomials with remainders


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Re: Dividing Polynomials with remainders



In article <36bf7766.3426818@news.cyberenet.net>,
          capasso@cyberenet.net (Joe Capasso) wrote:

] In the Ti-89 book it tells you how to divde polynomials.  However, when
] entering the problem 5x^2-11x-21 divided by x-3 it gives me the answer
] exactly as I typed it into the calc.
] Is this because this problem has a remainder in the answer?

You don't say which command you used.

If you use expand((5x^2-11x-21)/(x-3)) then you get -9/(x-3) + 5x +4

] I understand that this is a simple problem that can be solved on paper,
] but I want to understand how my calculator works.

:-)

Dick

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