1982 AHSME Problems/Problem 1
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Problem
When the polynomial is divided by the polynomial
, the remainder is
Solution
Working out using polynomial long division, we get
.
Thus the answer is
, for choice
.
Solution 2
Substituting an easy value, like , you get
, with a remainder of 4. Then you just plug in x to get
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