Re: Dividing Polynomials with remainders

To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
Subject: Re: Dividing Polynomials with remainders
From: Bill Risher <billr1@MIDSOUTH.NET>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 06:08:10 -0600
In-Reply-To: <36bf7766.3426818@news.cyberenet.net>
Reply-To: Bill Risher <billr1@MIDSOUTH.NET>

>        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?  The quotient is 5x+4, and the remainder is -9.  Does anyone have
>any ideas?  I understand that this is a simple problem that can be solved on
>paper, but I want to understand how my calculator works.

I think the solution is to use PropFrac((5x^2-11x-21)/(x-3))

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Dividing Polynomials with remainders

From: Joe Capasso <capasso@CYBERENET.NET>