POD:

1) Is 7 a factor of
56?How do you
know?
2) Is 3 a factor of
56? How do you
know?
 8.5 The
Remainder &
Factor
Theorems
Investigation:
P(x)=3x -2x +2x-5
3 2
1)Evaluate P(2) =15
2)Find the remainder
after dividing P(x)
by x-2.
Remainder: 15
 Remainder Theorem
The remainder of
any poly function
P(x) divided by a
poly in the form of
(x – c) can be found
by finding P(c).
P(x)=x -3x +2x-1
3 2
Find the remainder
of P(x) at c=3
using synthetic
division then the
remainder theorem
 P(x)=x -3x +2x-1
3 2

Synthetic Division: er
in d
3 1 − 3 2 −1
m a
3 0 6 Re
1 0 2 5
Remainder Theorem
P(3)=(3) -3(3) +2(3)-1
3 2

=27-27+6-1=5
 Factor Theorem
If P(c)=0, then
x-c is a factor of
the function & c
is a root of the
equation.
Is (x+5) a factor of
P(x)=x +7x +7x-15?
3 2

P(-5)=
(-5) +7(-5)
3
+7(-5)-15
If P(-5)=0
2

=0 then it is!!
P(-5)=0
so YES it
 POD:
1) Is x+2 a factor of
x + x + 10 = 0
3

2) What is the
remainder?
 Solving 3rd

degree
equations given
one Real root
Steps:
• Since a root is given,
then divide the
equation by it to find
the remaining roots
• Solve the remaining
(depressed) equation
for its roots
If -4 is one root of
x -11x+20 = 0,
3

solve the equation

for its remaining
roots.− 4 1 0 − 11 + 20
− 4 16 − 20
1−4 5 0
x − 4x + 5
2
Now Solve x -4x+52

for the remaining

roots of the
equation. x − 4 x + 5 = 0
2

− ( −4) ± ( −4) − 4(1)(5)

2
x=
2(1)
= 2±i
So the roots of
x -11x+20 = 0 are
3

x= -4, 2+i, 2-i

 Solving 4
th

degree Eqs
given 2 Real
roots
Steps:
• Divide the equation
by one of the roots
• Divide the
remaining equation
by the other root
• Solve remaining eq.
for other 2 roots
If 2 is one root of
x -4x +5x +4x-12,
4 3 2

solve the equation

for its remaining
roots. 2 1 − 4 5 4 − 12
2 −4 2 12
x − 3x + x + 6
3 2

1 −2 1 6 0
Finding a Poly. Eq.
w/ integral coeffs.
given its roots:
Write the equation as
the product of its
factors then multiply
it out!
Find a polynomial eq
with integral coeffs
that has the roots
½,-2,3
1
( x − )( x + 2)( x − 3) = 0
2
or
( 2 x − 1)( x + 2)( x − 3) = 0
2 x − 3 x − 11x + 6 = 0
3 2
 HW:
Pages 375-376
(17-32)