\chapter{Polynomial and rational functions} \section{Division of polynomials}
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Answer the questions in your own words. \begin{enumerate} \item We divided the polynomial \(f(x)\) by \(x-c\), and found as answer \[ \frac{f(x)}{x-c}=2x^2-5x+7+\frac{3}{x-c}.\] What is \(2x^2-5x+7\) called? \item We divided the polynomial \(f(x)\) by \(x+c\), and found as answer \[ \frac{f(x)}{x+c}=x^3-2-\frac{1}{x+c}.\] What is the degree of \(f(x)\)? \item If we divide \(7x^3-3x^2+x+8\) by \(x-c\), what is the degree of the quotient? \item We want to divide \(2x^3-x^2+4x+7\) by \(x^2-3\). Can we do it with synthetic division? \item We divided \(f(x)\) by \(x^4-5\) and found as answer \[\frac{f(x)}{x^4-5}=x+\frac{x^3-3x^2+7x+9}{x^4-5}.\] What is \(x^3-3x^2+7x+9\) called? \item We divided \(f(x)\) by \(x^3+x^2+x+1\) and found as answer \[\frac{f(x)}{x^3+x^2+x+1}=x^2-x+1+\frac{3x^2+7x+9}{x^3+x^2+x+1}.\] What is the degree of \(f(x)\)? \item Suppose \(f(x)=(3x^2-5x+7)(2x^2-7)+3x-4\). If we divide \(f(x)\) by \(2x^2-7\), what is the answer? \item Suppose \(f(x)\) is a polynomial, and \[ \frac{f(x)}{3x^2-9x+8}=5x^3+8x-3+\frac{x^2+1}{3x^2-9x+8}.\] If we divide \(f(x)\) by \(3x^2-9x+8\) using long division, is the remainder going to be \(x^2+1\)? \end{enumerate}
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