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Remainder Factor Theorems

The document contains 22 problems involving factor and remainder theorems. The problems involve factorizing polynomials, finding remainders when polynomials are divided by linear or quadratic factors, solving equations, and relating polynomials that have equivalent remainders.

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Remainder Factor Theorems

The document contains 22 problems involving factor and remainder theorems. The problems involve factorizing polynomials, finding remainders when polynomials are divided by linear or quadratic factors, solving equations, and relating polynomials that have equivalent remainders.

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Remainder and Factor Theorems

1. Given that x3 – 3x2 – 4x + 16 ≡ (x – 2)(x + 3)(x – c) + Px + Q, find the values of P, Q and


c.

2. When x6 + 5x3 – px – q and px2 – qx – 1 are each divided by (x + 1), the remainders
obtained are 7 and –6 respectively. Find the values of p and q.

3. When f (x) is divided by (x – 1), the remainder is 12. When f (x) is divided by (x – 4), the
remainder is 3. Find the remainder when f (x) is divided by (x – 1)(x – 4).

4. If (x2 – 2x – 3) is a factor of the expression x4 + px3 + qx – 81, find the value of p and of q.
With these values of p and q, factorise the expression completely, showing all your
workings clearly.

5. Factorise 2x3 + x2 – 22x + 24 completely, showing all your workings clearly.

6. Given that f (x) = x2n – (p + 1)x2 + p, where n and p are positive integers, show that (x – 1)
is a factor of f (x) for all real values of p. When p = 4, find the value of n for which (x + 2)
is a factor of f (x) and then factorise f (x) completely, showing all your workings clearly.

7. Show that (x + 2) is a factor of 2x3 – x2 – 13x – 6, and factorise this expression


completely, showing all your workings clearly. Hence, solve the equation
2(2y – 1)3 – (2y – 1)2 – 26y + 7 = 0.

8. When f (x) = x3 + kx2 – 7x + 2 is divided by (x – k), the remainder is 2k. Find the possible
values of k, leaving your answer to two decimal places where necessary, with workings.

9. Solve the equation x3 – 8x2 + 10x + 4 = 0, giving your answers correct to two decimal
places where necessary, showing all your workings clearly.

10. For all real values of x,


f (x) = 4x3 – 2x2 – x + 1 ≡ A(x – 1) + B(x2 – 1) + Cx(x2 – 1) + D.

Find the values of A, B, C and D.

Hence, state the remainder when f (x) + 3 is divided by

(i) (x – 1), and

(ii) (x2 – 1).

11. Solve the equation 4x3 + 3x2 – 16x – 12 = 0, showing all your workings clearly.

Hence, find the values of x for which


|x|3 + ¾|x|2 – 4|x| – 3 = 0.

12. (a) Given that (x – 2) and (x + 1) are both factors of f (x), where
f (x) = 4x4 + px3 – 9x2 + qx + 2,
show that the values of p and q are –4 and 1 respectively.

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(b) Given that f (x) can also be expressed as f (x) = (x – 2)(x + 1)(ax2 + b), find the values
of a and b.

By using an appropriate substitution, or otherwise, solve


4x8 – 4x6 = 9x4 – x2 – 2.

13. Given that the expression 2x3 + ax2 + bx + c leaves the same remainder when divided by
(x + 1) or (x – 2), find the value of a + b.

Given also that the remainder is 5 when the expression is divided by (x – 1), calculate the
value of c.

14. Given that 5x2 – 4x + 22 ≡ A(x – 1)2 + B(x + 2) – C for all real values of x, find the values
of A, B and C.

15. (a) Show that (x – 2y) is a factor of x3 + 2x2y – 5xy2 – 6y3 and find the other two factors.

(b) Given that x3 + 7x2 + ax – 5 ≡ (x2 – x – 2)f (x) + (x + 1)(bx – 1), find

(i) the value of a and of b, and

(ii) f (x).

16. Find the roots of the equation y = 2x3 – 9x2 + 3x + 4, showing all your workings clearly.

Hence, sketch the curve of the cubic equation.

17. (a) Show that the polynomial a3 + 4a2 – 13a – 34 is divisible by (a + 2).

(b) Hence, solve the equation a3 + 4a2 – 13a – 34 = 0, expressing non-integer solutions in
the form p ± q√2, where p and q are integers.

18. Given that f (x) = 3x3 + ax2 + bx + 2 is divisible by (3x2 + 5x – 2).

(a) Show that a = 2 and b = –7.

(b) Solve the equation f (x) = 0, showing all your workings clearly.

(c) Hence, by using a suitable substitution, solve the equation, leaving your answers in 3
significant figures, where necessary,

(i) 3x9 + ax6 + bx3 + 2 = 0, and

(ii) 12e3x + 4e2x – 7ex + 1 = 0.

19. Find the value of k for which (a – 3b) is a factor of a4 – 7a2b2 + kb4. Hence, for this value
of k, factorise a4 – 7a2b2 + kb4 completely.

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20. The expression x2n – k has (x + 3) as a factor and leaves a remainder of –80 when divided
by (x + 1). Calculate the values of n and k, where both are integers. With these values of n
and k, factorise x2n – k completely.

21. Given that x3 – 3x2 – 4x + 16 ≡ (x2 + x – 6)(x – p) + Ax + B, find the values of A, B and p.
Hence, or otherwise, find the remainder when x3 – 3x2 – 4x + 16 is divided by

(a) (1 – x), and

(b) (x2 + x – 6).

22. The expression 4x3 + 21x – 6 has the same remainder when divided by (x – a) or by
(x + b), where a ≠ –b. Find the value of a2 + b2 – ab.

~End~
Please check your workings carefully!

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