if a is in Q how would i show that f(a) is the remainder after dividing the polynomial f(x) by (x-a)?
June 29th 2010, 09:27 AM
TheCoffeeMachine
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Originally Posted by stephanderson
if a is in Q how would i show that f(a) is the remainder after dividing the polynomial f(x) by (x-a)?
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is a polynomial of degree in , dividing by leaves a quotient of degree with remainder (a constant). That is [LaTeX ERROR:
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. If you put , you will get .