Answer:
x-5+ [tex]\frac{3}{x+2}[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
If x+2 is a factor, -2 is a zero. So we can put -2 in the left-hand corner of your synthetic division, bring the coefficients down so you'll have a set up like this:
-2 | 1 -3 -7
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1. bring down the 1:
-2 | 1 -3 -7
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1
2. multiply that by -2 and enter the result underneath 3:
-2 | 1 -3 -7
-2
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1
a. then, add through:
-2 | 1 -3 -7
-2
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1 -5
3. Do the same for -5 (multiply by the zero -2), enter that underneath -7 and add through:
-2 | 1 -3 -7
-2 10
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1 -5 3
Now, reassign the coefficients to their x. Because we already factored out an x with the zero, the 1 is assigned to 'x' rather than back to '[tex]x^{2}[/tex]'. The '-5' will not have an x attached. '3' is your remainder and cannot be divided out any further, so it will be written as [tex]\frac{3}{x+2}[/tex]. Finally, just put them back together to get x-5+[tex]\frac{3}{x+2}[/tex].
Hope this helped!
