In this lesson, Julie Harland demonstrates how to use synthetic division to divide a polynomial by a linear binomial and check your work. She breaks down the steps and coefficients for the quotient and remainder, emphasizing the importance of checking your answer to ensure accuracy. With this technique, you can easily solve division problems with linear factors, but it becomes more complicated with more complex factors. Check out Julie's website for more math videos and tutorials.
This video shows how to divide a polynomial by a linear binomial using synthetic division. Checking work is also shown.
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