What must be subtracted from 4x4 - 2x3 - 6x2 + x - 5 so that the result is exactly divisible by 2x2 + 3x - 2 ?
Since 2x2 + 3x - 2 is of degree 2, so when p(x) = 4x4 - 2x3 - 6x2 + x - 5 is divided by q(x) = 2x2 + 3x - 2, the remainder should be a linear expression (degree of remainder < degree of divisor). Let the remainder r(x) = ax + b for exact division this remainder should be subtracted from p(x) Now let f(x) = p(x) - r(x) = 4x4 - 2x3 - 6x2 + x - 5 - (ax + b) f(x) = 4x4 - 2x3 - 6x2 + (1 - a) x - 5 - b Again, we have q(x) = 2x2 + 3x - 2 = 2x2 + 4x - x - 2 = 2x (x + 2) - 1(x + 2) = (x + 2) (2x - 1) Since x + 2 and 2x - 1 are factors of q(x) and f(x) is exactly divisible by q(x), hence (x + 2) and (2x - 1) are also factors of f(x), i.e. f(-2) = 0 and f( ) = 0 ... f(-2)=4(- 2)4 - 2(- 2)3 - 6(- 2)2 + (1 - a) (- 2) - b - 5 = 0 ⇒ 64 + 16 - 24 - 2 + 2a - b - 5 = 0 ⇒ 2a - b = - 49 …… (i) Again f( ) = 0 ⇒ 4 ()4- 2( )3 - 6 ()2 + (1 - a) x - b - 5 = 0 ⇒ - - + - -b - 5 = 0 ⇒ - - b - 6 = 0 ⇒ a + 2b = - 12 …… (ii) Solving eqns (i) and (ii), we get a = - 22 and b = 5. ... r(x) = - 22x + 5 should be subtracted.