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Equation Problem solving help!?
I have been working on this problem for about thirty minutes and I still can not figure it out. Please help me solve this problem. Leave in all of the details so I can figure out how this type of equation works because I still have a whole page of these that need solving.
x^5-1 / x+1 set it up in a long division format
1 Answer
- TychaBraheLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
. . . . . . . . . . .x^4 - x^3 . + x^2 . . - x + 1
. . . . .__________________________
x + 1 | x^5 + 0x^4 + 0x^3 + 0x^2 + 0x - 1
. . . . . x^5 + x^4
. . . . . ________
. . . . . . . . . . -x^4 + 0x^3
. . . . . . . . . . -x^4 - x^3
. . . . . . . . . . _________
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . + x^3 + 0x^2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . + x^3 + x^2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ________
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - x^2 + 0x
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - x^2 - x
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _________
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x - 1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x + 1
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ______
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - 2
