--SAT II MATH II Review Thread--

spratleyj
Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:02:06 +0000

Whenever you are dividing a polynomial you can just plug it in.

If you’re dividing a polynomial by x - a then x - a is a factor if and only if P(a) = 0
You can also just plug it in to find the remainder - if you were dividing by x - 3 just evaluate P(3).