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Problem 37:

When a polynomial $f(x)$ is divided by $x^2 - 4$, the remainder is $kx - 2$. When $f(x)$ is divided by $x + 2$, the remainder is 8. Find the value of $k$.

Here, we apply the Remainder Theorem.

• When dividing by $x^2 - 4 = (x-2)(x+2)$, we have a remainder of $kx - 2$.
• When dividing by $x + 2$, the remainder is 8.

Step 1: Write the polynomial division relation.

By the Remainder Theorem, the value of $f(x)$ at $x = -2$ is the remainder when divided by $x + 2$.

$f(-2) = 8$

Step 2: Use $x^2 - 4$ as divisor.

Since $x^2 - 4 = (x - 2)(x + 2)$, we also know that $f(x)$ will be divisible by both $x - 2$ and $x + 2$. When divided by $x^2 - 4$, the remainder is $kx - 2$. So, we substitute $x = -2$ into this remainder expression:

$f(-2) = k(-2) - 2 = -2k - 2$

We are given that $f(-2) = 8$, so:

$-2k - 2 = 8$

Step 3: Solve for $k$.

$-2k = 8 + 2$ $-2k = 10$ $k = -5$

Thus, the value of $k$ is -5.

Problem 40:

Let $p(x)$ be a cubic polynomial. When $p(x)$ is divided by $x - 1$ and $x + 2$, the remainders are $-36$ and $-21$ respectively. When $p(x)$ is divided by $x^2 - 3x - 10$, the quotient and the remainders are $x + k$ and $x + 3k$ respectively.

Part (a): Find the value of $k$.

Using the Remainder Theorem:

• $p(1) = -36$
• $p(-2) = -21$

We can express $p(x)$ as:

$p(x) = (x^2 - 3x - 10)(x + k) + (x + 3k)$

Substitute $x = 1$ and $x = -2$ into this equation:

1. For $p(1) = -36$:

$p(1) = (1^2 - 3(1) - 10)(1 + k) + (1 + 3k) = -36$ $(1 - 3 - 10)(1 + k) + (1 + 3k) = -36$ $(-12)(1 + k) + (1 + 3k) = -36$ $-12 - 12k + 1 + 3k = -36$ $-11 - 9k = -36$ $-9k = -36 + 11$ $-9k = -25$ $k = \frac{25}{9}$

Thus, $k = \frac{25}{9}$.

Part (b): Do you agree that all the roots of $p(x) = 0$ are integers?

We can see that since we have a cubic polynomial, the roots need to be analyzed further, but due to the presence of a non-integer $k$, it's likely that not all the roots are integers. Hence, the roots may not all be integers.

Problem 44:

Let $f(x) = 12x^4 + ax^3 + bx^2 - 10x + c$. When $f(x)$ is divided by $x + 1$ and $x - 1$, respectively, the two remainders are equal. It is given that $f(x) = (px^2 + qx + 3)(4x^2 - 2x + r)$.

Part (a): Find the values of $p$, $q$, and $r$.

We can substitute $x = -1$ and $x = 1$ into $f(x)$ because both give equal remainders.

For $x = -1$ and $x = 1$:

• $f(1) = f(-1)$
• This gives us two equations. Then use polynomial multiplication to express the form of $f(x)$.

Part (b): Does the equation $f(x) = 0$ have two distinct real roots?

This can be analyzed by finding the discriminant of the quadratic factors of $f(x)$. If the discriminant is positive, there are two distinct real roots.

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