4.3 Synthetic Division

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Tip: Check your answer after each question while doing your homework.  No sense doing them all the wrong way.

Warm Up
a) Use long division to determine whether x+1 is a factor of x³+4x²-x-3
b) Divide 1403÷12 by long division

Announcements

• Next quiz tentatively scheduled for Thu, Jan 24 (4.3 Advanced Factoring, 10.2 Completing the Square with Circles)
• Next unit exam Fri, Jan 25 (55 minutes, in class)

Today - 4.3 Synthetic Division
Notes 

Homework
4.3 #11-21 odd

Tomorrow - 4.3 Remainder and Factor Theorems

For more information
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/polynomials/dividing_polynomials/v/synthetic-division
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/polynomials/dividing_polynomials/v/synthetic-division-example-2
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/polynomials/dividing_polynomials/v/why-synthetic-division-works
http://patrickjmt.com/synthetic-division/
http://patrickjmt.com/synthetic-division-example-2/