Divide Using Long Polynomial Division (2x^2-33x+16)/(x-16)

$\frac{(2 x^{2} - 33 x + 16)}{(x - 16)}$

Step 1

Set up the polynomials to be divided. If there is not a term for every exponent, insert one with a value of $0$ .

$x$

$16$

$2 x^{2}$

$33 x$

$16$

Step 2

Divide the highest order term in the dividend $2 x^{2}$ by the highest order term in divisor $x$ .

					$2 x$
	$x$	-	$16$		$2 x^{2}$	-	$33 x$	+	$16$

Step 3

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

Step 4

The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in $2 x^{2} - 32 x$

Step 5

After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.

Step 6

Pull the next terms from the original dividend down into the current dividend.

Step 7

Divide the highest order term in the dividend $- x$ by the highest order term in divisor $x$ .

Step 8

Multiply the new quotient term by the divisor.

Step 9

The expression needs to be subtracted from the dividend, so change all the signs in $- x + 16$

Step 10

After changing the signs, add the last dividend from the multiplied polynomial to find the new dividend.

Step 11

Since the remander is $0$ , the final answer is the quotient.

$2 x - 1$