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College Algebra Fifth Edition James Stewart Lothar Redlin Saleem Watson

Polynomial and Rational Functions 4

Dividing Polynomials 4.3

Long Division of Polynomials

Dividing polynomials is much like the familiar process of dividing numbers. When we divide 38 by 7, the quotient is 5 and the remainder is 3. We write: To divide polynomials, we use long division—as in the next example.

E.g. 1—Long Division of Polynomials Divide 6x 2 – 26x + 12 by x – 4. The dividend is 6x 2 – 26x + 12 and the divisor is x – 4. We begin by arranging them as follows:

E.g. 1—Long Division of Polynomials Next, we divide the leading term in the dividend by the leading term in the divisor to get the first term of the quotient: 6x 2 /x = 6x

E.g. 1—Long Division of Polynomials Then, we multiply the divisor by 6x and subtract the result from the dividend.

E.g. 1—Long Division of Polynomials We repeat the process using the last line –2x + 12 as the dividend.

E.g. 1—Long Division of Polynomials The division process ends when the last line is of lesser degree than the divisor. The last line then contains the remainder. The top line contains the quotient.

E.g. 1—Long Division of Polynomials The result of the division can be interpreted in either of two ways.

Long Division of Polynomials We summarize the long division process in the following theorem.

Division Algorithm If P(x) and D(x) are polynomials, with D(x) ≠ 0, then there exist unique polynomials Q(x) and R(x), where R(x) is either 0 or of degree less than the degree of D(x), such that: P(x) = D(x). Q(x) + R(x) The polynomials P(x) and D(x) are called the dividend and divisor, respectively. Q(x) is the quotient and R(x) is the remainder.

E.g. 2—Long Division of Polynomials Let P(x) = 8x 4 + 6x 2 – 3x + 1 and D(x) = 2x 2 – x + 2 Find polynomials Q(x) and R(x) such that: P(x) = D(x) · Q(x) + R(x)

E.g. 2—Long Division of Polynomials We use long division after first inserting the term 0x 3 into the dividend to ensure that the columns line up correctly. The process is complete at this point as –7x + 1 is of lesser degree than the divisor 2x 2 – x + 2.

E.g. 2—Long Division of Polynomials From the long division, we see that: Q(x) = 4x 2 + 2x and R(x) = –7x + 1 Thus, 8x 4 + 6x 2 – 3x + 1 = (2x 2 – x + 2)(4x 2 + 2x) + (–7x + 1)

Synthetic Division

Synthetic division is a quick method of dividing polynomials. It can be used when the divisor is of the form x – c. In synthetic division, we write only the essential parts of the long division.

Long Division vs. Synthetic Division Compare the following long and synthetic divisions, in which we divide 2x 3 – 7x by x – 3. We’ll explain how to perform the synthetic division in Example 3.

Long Division vs. Synthetic Division

Synthetic Division Note that, in synthetic division, we: Abbreviate 2x 3 – 7x by writing only the coefficients: 2, –7, 0, and 5. Simply write 3 instead of x – 3. (Writing 3 instead of –3 allows us to add instead of subtract. However, this changes the sign of all the numbers that appear in the gold boxes.)

E.g. 3—Synthetic Division Use synthetic division to divide 2x 3 – 7x by x – 3. We begin by writing the appropriate coefficients to represent the divisor and the dividend.

E.g. 3—Synthetic Division We bring down the 2, multiply 3 · 2 = 6, and write the result in the middle row. Then, we add:

E.g. 3—Synthetic Division We repeat this process of multiplying and then adding until the table is complete.

E.g. 3—Synthetic Division From the last line, we see that the quotient is 2x 2 – x – 3 and the remainder is –4. Thus, 2x 3 – 7x = (x – 3)(2x 2 – x – 3) – 4.

The Remainder and Factor Theorems

Remainder Theorem The Remainder Theorem shows how synthetic division can be used to evaluate polynomials easily. If the polynomial P(x) is divided by x – c, then the remainder is the value P(c).

Remainder Theorem—Proof If the divisor in the Division Algorithm is of the form x – c for some real number c, then the remainder must be a constant. This is because the degree of the remainder is less than the degree of the divisor.

Remainder Theorem—Proof If we call this constant r, then P(x) = (x – c) · Q(x) + r Setting x = c in this equation, we get: P(c) = (c – c) · Q(x) + r = 0 + r = r That is, P(c) is the remainder r.

E.g. 4—Using the Remainder Theorem Let P(x) = 3x 5 + 5x 4 – 4x 3 + 7x + 3 (a)Find the quotient and remainder when P(x) is divided by x + 2. (b) Use the Remainder Theorem to find P(–2).

E.g. 4—Using Remainder Theorem As x + 2 = x – (–2), the synthetic division for the problem takes the following form. The quotient is 3x 4 – x 3 – 2x 2 + 4x – 1. The remainder is 5. Example (a)

E.g. 4—Using Remainder Theorem By the Remainder Theorem, P(–2) is the remainder when P(x) is divided by x – (–2) = x + 2. From part (a), the remainder is 5. Hence, P(–2) = 5. Example (b)

Factor Theorem The Factor Theorem says that zeros of polynomials correspond to factors. We used this fact in Section 4.2 to graph polynomials. c is a zero of P if and only if x – c is a factor of P(x).

Factor Theorem—Proof If P(x) factors as P(x) = (x – c) · Q(x), then P(c) = (c – c) · Q(c) = 0 · Q(c) = 0

Factor Theorem—Proof Conversely, if P(c) = 0, then, by the Remainder Theorem, P(x) = (x – c) · Q(x) + 0 = (x – c) · Q(x) So, x – c is a factor of P(x).

E.g. 5—Factoring a Polynomial Using Factor Theorem Let P(x) – x 3 – 7x + 6 Show that P(1) = 0. Use this fact to factor P(x) completely.

E.g. 5—Factoring a Polynomial Using Factor Theorem Substituting, we see that: P(1) = 1 3 – 7 · = 0 By the Factor Theorem, this means that x – 1 is a factor of P(x).

E.g. 5—Factoring a Polynomial Using Factor Theorem Using synthetic or long division, we see that: P(x) = x 3 – 7x + 6 = (x – 1)(x 2 + x – 6) = (x – 1)(x – 2)(x + 3)

E.g. 6—Finding a Polynomial with Specified Zeros Find a polynomial of degree 4 that has zeros –3, 0, 1, and 5. By the Factor Theorem, x – (–3), x – 0, x – 1, and x – 5 must all be factors of the desired polynomial. So, let: P(x) = (x + 3)(x – 0) (x – 1)(x – 5) = x 4 – 3x 3 – 13x x

E.g. 6—Finding a Polynomial with Specified Zeros Since P(x) is of degree 4, it is a solution of the problem. Any other solution of the problem must be a constant multiple of P(x). This is because only multiplication by a constant does not change the degree.

The polynomial P of Example 6 is graphed here. Note that the zeros of P correspond to the x-intercepts of the graph. Finding a Polynomial with Specified Zeros