Tamara and Clyde got different answers when dividing 2x4 + 7x3 – 18x2 + 11x – 2 by 2x2 – 3x + 1. Analyze their individual work.Which statement about their answers is true?

If (x2 – 4) ÷ (x + 2) = x – 2, which polynomial should fill in the blank below?(x + 2) ´ ______ = x2 – 4
What is the quotient of (3x4 – 4x2 + 8x – 1) ÷ (x – 2)?




The quotient of (x5 – 3x3 – 3x2 – 10x + 15) and (x2 – 5) is a polynomial. What is the quotient?
What is the quotient of (x3 + 3x2 + 5x + 3) ÷ (x + 1)?
What is the quotient of (x3 – 3x2 + 5x – 3) ÷ (x – 1)?
What is the quotient of the following division problem?

The volume of a rectangular prism is (x3 – 3x2 + 5x – 3), and the area of its base is (x2 – 2). If the volume of a rectangular prism is the product of its base area and height, what is the height of the prism?




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What is the first term of the quotient of the following division problem?(x3 – 1) ÷ (x + 2)
Shelia is dividing x4 – 4x3 + 4x2 – 6x + 5 by x – 1 using a division table. QuotientDivisor x3– 3x2+ x– 5xx4–3x3x2A– 1–x33x2BCWhat are the missing values in the table?
Isla is dividing 3x3 + x2 – 12x – 4 by x + 2 using a division table. QuotientDivisor3x2– 5x– 2x3x3–5x2–2x+ 26x2ABWhat are the missing values in the table?
The quotient of (x4 + 5x3 – 3x – 15) and (x3 – 3) is a polynomial. What is the quotient?
The area of a rectangle is (x4 + 4x3 + 3x2 – 4x – 4), and the length of the rectangle is (x3 + 5x2 + 8x + 4). If area = length × width, what is the width of the rectangle?
The long division below shows the first term of the quotient. Which polynomial should be subtracted from the dividend first?

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