Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 5 - Section 5.6 - Division by a Monomial - Exercise - Page 227: 33

Answer

$x^2+x+1$

Work Step by Step

We divide each term of the polynomial by the monomial as follows $$ (x^4 + x^3 + x^2) \div x^2=\frac{x^4 + x^3 + x^2}{x^2} \\ =\frac{x^4 }{x^2}+\frac{ x^3 }{x^2}+\frac{ x^2}{x^2}\\ =x^2+x+1 . $$
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