Dividing Polynomials

Simple Division - dividing a polynomial by a monomial

Simplify

Long Division - divide a polynomial by a polynomial Think back to long division from 3rd grade. How many times does the divisor go into the dividend? Put that number on top. Multiply that number by the divisor and put the result under the dividend. Subtract and bring down the next number in the dividend. Repeat until you have used all the numbers in the dividend.

-( ) x x2x2 + 3x - 8x x () x 2 /x = x -8x/x = -8

-( ) h2h2 h3h3 - 4h 2 4h 2 + 4h - 11h 4h h 5h h 3 /h = h h 2 /h = 4h + 5 5h h/h = 5

Practice