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Check whether x + 1 is a factor of x 20 - 1 and x 21 - 1.
Sol.p(x) = x 20 - 1p(- 1) = (- 1) 20 - 1 = 1 - 1 = 0g(x) = x 21 - 1g(- 1) = (- 1) 21 - 1 = - 1 - 1 = - 2(x + 1) is a factor of p(x). (x + 1) is not a factor of g(x).
5. 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ( 𝑥 - 2 ) 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑓 ( 𝑥 ) = 2𝑥3 - 3𝑥2 - 17𝑥 + 30 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑓 ( 𝑥 ) .
6. 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ( 2𝑥 - 3 ) 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 2𝑥3 - 9𝑥2 + 𝑥 + 12 . 𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 .
Sol. 3 3 33 32 3 27 9 3
2𝑥 - 3 = 0 ⇒ 2𝑥 = 3 ⇒ 𝑥 = 𝑝 = 2 - 9 + + 12 = 2 × - 9 × + + 12
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7. 3𝑥3 + 2𝑚𝑥2 + 3𝑥 + 6
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑥 + 2 ?
𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑦𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑎𝑙 .
Sol.𝑝 ( 𝑥 ) = 3𝑥3 + 2𝑚𝑥2 + 3𝑥 + 6𝑝 ( - 2 ) = 0 ⇒ 3 ( - 2 ) 3 + 2𝑚 ( - 2 ) 2 + 3 ( - 2 ) + 6 = 0 ⇒ - 24 + 8𝑚 - 6 + 6 = 0 ⇒ - 24 + 8𝑚 = 0
9. The polynomials ax3 + 4𝑥2 + 3𝑥 + 4 and 𝑥3 - 4𝑥 + 𝑎, when divided by 𝑥 - 3 leave the same remainder . Find the value of '𝑎' .
Sol.𝑝𝑥 = ax3 + 4𝑥2 + 3𝑥 + 4𝑝3 = 𝑎33 + 432 + 33 + 4 ⇒ 𝑝3 = 27𝑎 + 36 + 9 + 4 ⇒ 𝑝3 = 27𝑎 + 49𝑞𝑥 = 𝑥3 - 4𝑥 + 𝑎𝑞3 = 33 -