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Question
Find without division, the remainder in the following:
5x3 - 7x2 +3 is divided by (x-1)
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Solution
5x3 - 7x2 +3 is divided by (x-1)
Putting x -1=0, we get: x = 1
Substituting this value of x in the equation, we get
5 x 1 x 1 x 1 - 7 x 1 x 1 + 3
= 5 - 7 + 3
= 1
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