Chapter 6 Section 3
Dividing Polynomials
Algebra 2 Notes
April 3, 2009
Homework # 42 Answers
1. x 2  x  6
2. x 3  12x 2  47 x  60
5. x 3  10x 2  25x
7. x(x – 6)(x + 6)
8. 3x(x – 1)(x + 1)
10. x(x + 5)(x + 2)
13. Max: 24.2 Min: -1.4
Zeros: 0, -5, 1
19. -1, 2, 3
20. -1, 1, 2
21.x 3  18x 2  107x - 210
22. x 3  x 2 - 2x
32. -1, 0, 1
36. -1 (mult.2), 1, 2
Quick Review…
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Remember when you learned long
division oh-so-long ago! 
Use long division to solve the
following problems (don’t use decimals,
leave a remainder if necessary):
2 56
11 1238
4 256
5 156,289
Some Vocab Terms:
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Dividend: The number that is
being divided (ex: 24)
Divisor: The number you are
dividing by (ex: 6)
Quotient: The answer of a division
problem (ex: 4)
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Examples:
24  6  4
24
4
6
4
6 24
Divisor
Quotient
Dividend
Dividing Polynomials!!
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If you end up with a remainder of 0,
then the quotient and the divisor are
both factors of the dividend.
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Try 56 divided by 8 using long division
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Try 42 divided by 4 using long division
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Try 2x 2 divided by
division
x using long
Homework #43
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324 #2, 3, 9, 10, 13,
14, 15, 20, 23, 25