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Lesson
Practice B
2.5 For use with the lesson “Apply the Remainder and Factor Theorems”

Divide using polynomial long division.

1. (x 2 1 5x 2 14) 4 (x 2 2) 2. (x 2 2 2x 2 48) 4 (x 1 5)
3. (x 3 1 x 1 30) 4 (x 1 3) 4. (6x 2 2 5x 1 9) 4 (2x 2 1)
5. (8x 3 1 5x 2 2 12x 1 10) 4 (x 2 2 3)
6. (5x 4 1 2x 3 2 9x 1 12) 4 (x 2 2 3x 1 4)

Divide using synthetic division.

7. (x 2 1 7x 1 12) 4 (x 1 4) 8. (x 3 2 3x 2 1 8x 2 5) 4 (x 2 1)
9. (x 4 2 7x 2 1 9x 2 10) 4 (x 2 2)
10. (2x 4 2 x 3 1 4) 4 (x 1 1)
Lesson 2.5

11. (2x 4 2 11x 3 1 15x 2 1 6x 2 18) 4 (x 2 3)

12. (x 4 2 6x 3 2 40x 1 33) 4 (x 2 7)

A polynomial f and a factor of f are given. Factor f completely.

13. f(x) 5 x3 2 3x2 2 16x 2 12; x 2 6 14. f (x) 5 x3 2 12x2 1 12x 1 80; x 2 10

15. f(x) 5 x3 2 18x2 1 95x 2 126; x 2 9

16. f(x) 5 x3 2 x2 2 21x 1 45; x 1 5

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17. f(x) 5 4x3 2 4x2 2 9x 1 9; x 2 1
18. f(x) 5 3x3 2 16x2 2 103x 1 36; x 1 4

A polynomial f and one zero of f are given. Find the other zeros of f.
19. f(x) 5 x 3 1 2x 2 2 20x 1 24; 26 20. f (x) 5 x 3 1 11x 2 2 150x 2 1512; 214

21. f(x) 5 2x 3 1 3x 2 2 39x 2 20; 4 22. f (x) 5 15x 3 2 119x 2 2 10x 1 16; 8

23. f(x) 5 x 3 2 3x 2 2 45x 1 175; 27 24. f (x) 5 x 3 2 9x 2 2 5x 1 45; 9

25. Geometry  The volume of the box shown at

the right is given by V 5 2x 3 2 11x 2 1 10x 1 8.
?
Find an expression for the missing dimension.
x24
2x 1 1

26. Fuel Consumption  From 1995 to 2002, the total fuel consumption T (in billions of
gallons) by cars in the United States and the U.S. population P (in millions) can be
modeled by
T 5 20.003x 3 2 0.02x 2 1 1.3x 1 68 and P 5 3x 1 267

where x is the number of years since 1995. Write a function for the average amount
of fuel consumed by each person from 1995 to 2002.

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Lesson 2.4 Factor and Solve 16. 2x 1 3 17. x 2 1 x 1 2 1 } ​ x 2 1 ​ 
Polynomial Equations, 3
18. x 2 2 2 }
​ x 1 2 ​  19. x 1 7 20. x 2 2
continued
1. 18,750 gal 2. Aquarium 1: x 3 2 96x 2 1 21. x 1 3 22. 1000 workbooks

answers
2304x 2 41,472 5 0; 72 in. by 24 in. by 24 in.; Practice Level B
Aquarium 2: x3 2 11.5x 2 1 33x 2 40 5 0; 8 ft 13
by 2 ft by 2.5 ft; Aquarium 3: 3x 3 1 12x 2 2 1. x 1 7 2. x 2 7 2 } ​ x 1  5 ​  3. x 2 2 3x 1 10
28,800 5 0; 60 in. by 24 in. by 20 in. 8 12x 1 25
4. 3x 2 1 1 } ​ 2x 2  1 ​ 5. 8x 1 5 1 } ​  2 ​ 
  
Challenge Practice x 23
16x 2 112
1. (2y n 1 1)(2y n 2 3) 2. (3x n 1 2)(x n 2 6) 6. 5x 2 1 17x 1 31 1 } ​  2   ​  7. x 1 3
x 2 3x 1 4
3. 2(x n 1 2y n)(x 2n 2 2x n y n 1 4y 2n) 8. x 2 2 2x 1 6 1 }
1
​ x 2 1 ​ 
4. The polynomial is already completely 4
factored. 5. (a 2 1 b 2)(2a 3b 1 4b 2 2ab 1 1) 9. x 3 1 2x 2 2 3x 1 3 2 } ​ x 2 2 ​ 
6. (2a 2 2 b 3)(3ab 1 a 2 b 2 2 6b 1 1) 10. 2x 3 2 3x 2 1 3x 2 3 1 }
7
​ x 1 1 ​ 
7. Sample answer: x 3 2 x 2 2 4x 1 4 5 0
11. 2x 3 2 5x 2 1 6
8. Sample answer: x 4 1 4x 3 2 9x 2 2 36x 5 0 96
12. x 3 1 x 2 1 7x 1 9 1 } ​ x 2  7 ​ 
9. Sample answer: x 3 1 6x 2 2 5x 2 30 5 0
10. Sample answer: x 4 2 5x 3 2 12x 2 1 60x 5 0 13. (x 2 6)(x 1 1)(x 1 2)
} } } }
11. (22, 8), (​Ï 3 ​ , 10 1 Ï
​ 3 ​)  , (2​Ï3 ​ , 10 2 Ï
​ 3 ​)  14. (x 2 10)(x 2 4)(x 1 2)
15. (x 2 9)(x 2 2)(x 2 7) 16. (x 1 5)(x 2 3)2
12. (24, 331), ​ 2} 1 
1
2 1  2
1 5
​ 2 ​, 2  ​, ​ }
​ 2 ​, }
​ 2 ​  ​, (4, 587)
17. (x 2 1)(2x 1 3)(2x 2 3)
16p
​  3   ​  r 3 b. Domain of V: r > 0
13. a. V 5 } 18. (x 1 4)(3x 2 1)(x 2 9) 19. 2 20. 29, 12
c. radius 5 3 ft, length 5 12 ft 1 2 1 } }
21. 25, 2​ } ​ 22. 2​ } ​, ​ } ​ 23. 5 24. 2​Ï 5 ​ , Ï
​ 5 ​ 
2 5 3
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Lesson 2.5 Apply the 25. x 2 2

­Remainder and Factor Theorems 26. Answers may vary depending on rounding.
1909
Teaching Guide A 5 20.001x 2 1 0.0823x 2 6.8943 1 }​ 3x 1 267
   ​
1. 3105; 12; 258; 9 2. multiply 12 and 258, Practice Level C
then add 9 3. quotient is 26 with a remainder of 28
1. 2x 2 2 4x 1 9 2 } ​ 2x 1 3 ​ 
3; The zero positions the 3 and 1 in the thousands
and hundreds positions respectively. Without the 8x 1 71 1 x 1 10
2. 5x 2 1 20 1 }​  2    ​ 3. ​ }2 ​ x 1 } ​  2   ​ 
placeholder, the dividend does not represent the x 24 2(2x 2 1)
correct number. 9
4. 3x 2 2 6x 1 1 5. 2x 2 } ​  3    ​ 
x 1 x2 2 5
Practice Level A 70x 2 111
6. 8x 2 2 8x 1 34 2 } ​  2  ​ 
 
1. x 1 2, 2x 3 1 x 2 2 x 1 10, 2x 2 2 3x 1 5, 0 x 1x23
2. x 2 4, 3x 3 2 10x 2 2 5, 3x 2 1 2x 1 8, 27 107
7. 2x 2 2 8x 1 28 2 } ​ x 1 4  ​ 
5 11
3. x 2 5 1 }​ x 2 1 ​  4. x 2 } ​ x 1  2 ​  5. x 2 3 34
8. 6x 2 1 12x 1 17 1 } ​ x 2  2 ​ 
4 32
6. x 2 2 1 }​ x 1 5 ​  7. 4x 1 9 1 } ​ x 2  4 ​  56
9. x 3 1 2x 2 2 8x 1 20 2 } ​ x 1  3 ​ 
26 8
8. 2x 2 7 1 } ​ x 1  3 ​  9. x 1 2 1 } ​ x 2 2 ​  252
10. 3x 3 1 9x 2 1 26x 1 84 1 } ​ x 2 3  ​ 
1
10. x 2 1 4x 2 3 11. x 2 1 12. x 2 2 1 } ​ x 1 1 ​  11. 2x 2 1 5x 2 1
31 1
13. x 1 5 14. x 2 9 1 }​ x 1  3 ​  15. x 1 1 2 }
11
​ x 1  4 ​  12. 3x 4 1 3x 3 1 5x 2 1 5x 1 } ​ x 2 1 ​ 

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