Find the remainder when a polynomial is divided by a linear expression (e.g., x - a or x + a), typically using the Remainder Theorem by direct substitution.
For a natural number $n$, let $a _ { n }$ be the remainder when the polynomial $2 x ^ { 2 } - 3 x + 1$ is divided by $x - n$. Find the value of $\sum _ { n = 1 } ^ { 7 } \left( a _ { n } - n ^ { 2 } + n \right)$. [3 points]
12. A polynomial $p ( x )$ has the property that $p ( 1 ) = 2$. Which one of the following can be deduced from this? A $\quad p ( x ) = ( x - 1 ) q ( x ) + 2$ for some polynomial $q ( x )$. B $\quad p ( x ) = ( x + 1 ) q ( x ) + 2$ for some polynomial $q ( x )$. C $\quad p ( x ) = ( x - 1 ) q ( x ) - 2$ for some polynomial $q ( x )$. D $\quad p ( x ) = ( x + 1 ) q ( x ) - 2$ for some polynomial $q ( x )$. E $\quad p ( x ) = ( x - 2 ) q ( x ) + 1$ for some polynomial $q ( x )$. F $\quad p ( x ) = ( x + 2 ) q ( x ) + 1$ for some polynomial $q ( x )$. G $\quad p ( x ) = ( x - 2 ) q ( x ) - 1$ for some polynomial $q ( x )$. H $\quad p ( x ) = ( x + 2 ) q ( x ) - 1$ for some polynomial $q ( x )$.
When $\left( 3 x ^ { 2 } + 8 x - 3 \right)$ is multiplied by $( p x - 1 )$ and the resulting product is divided by $( x + 1 )$, the remainder is 24 . What is the value of $p$ ? A - 4 B 2 C 4 D $\frac { 8 } { 7 }$ E $\frac { 11 } { 4 }$
The function f is defined by $\mathrm { f } ( x ) = x ^ { 3 } + a x ^ { 2 } + b x + c$. $a , b$ and $c$ take the values 1,2 and 3 with no two of them being equal and not necessarily in this order. The remainder when $\mathrm { f } ( x )$ is divided by ( $x + 2$ ) is $R$. The remainder when $\mathrm { f } ( x )$ is divided by ( $x + 3$ ) is $S$. What is the largest possible value of $R - S$ ? A - 26 B 5 C 7 D 17 E 29
The polynomial $P ( x ) = ( x + 1 ) + ( x + 2 ) + \ldots + ( x + 9 )$ $$Q ( x ) = ( x + 1 ) + ( x + 2 ) + \ldots + ( x + 5 )$$ is divided by the polynomial. What is the remainder obtained from this division? A) 10 B) 12 C) 14 D) 16 E) 18