Synthetic division example (NEVER use polynomial long division again!)

In this video I will share a synthetic division example that will reveal just how much easier synthetic division is over polynomial long division.
If you haven't tried synthetic division yet, I am hoping that this synthetic division example shows you why it is the superior method. Synthetic division is essentially a polynomial long division shortcut. You can save a lot of time and potential errors using this process over polynomial long division.
If you are wondering when to use synthetic vs long division, once I learned synthetic division I essentially vowed to never use polynomial long division ever again! Having said that, polynomial long division is still a skill you should expose yourself to for the full context of factoring polynomials (namely factoring polynomials with 4 terms without grouping).
Which do you prefer? Check out this same example done using polynomial division and decide for yourself! • Polynomial long divisi...
Hope this video helps!
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  • @MathByThePixel
    @MathByThePixel2 жыл бұрын

    Check out the full explanation of Synthetic Division here! kzread.info/dash/bejne/eXl306eNgKe7ZKw.html

  • @marchosius
    @marchosius Жыл бұрын

    straightforward vid, thanks a lot, helped me save a litta time understanding synthetic division equations😅😅

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Mission accomplished! Thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @jannensumalinog2039
    @jannensumalinog2039 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you you just made my day by making synthetic division easy than long division

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Happy to help!

  • @sonal5519
    @sonal5519 Жыл бұрын

    Thankyou

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    You’re welcome 😊

  • @ShivamMishra-vm6eu
    @ShivamMishra-vm6euАй бұрын

    Thanks a lot saved my lot of timeee!!!

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Ай бұрын

    That’s the goal!

  • @narutoattitude5883
    @narutoattitude5883 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks you 😊 sir Love from Nepal 🇳🇵 You make it too easy

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    So happy to hear this! Thank you for the beautiful comment 💚

  • @AfrinFathima-fq5fe
    @AfrinFathima-fq5fe10 күн бұрын

    Thx a lot

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    9 күн бұрын

    Happy dividing!😎

  • @TheJaguar1983
    @TheJaguar19837 ай бұрын

    Cheers for pointing me here, mate.

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    7 ай бұрын

    Happy to help! Have a blast!

  • @ayyteen107
    @ayyteen107 Жыл бұрын

    Appreciate u🫶🏾

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    And I appreciate you!

  • @MrNidonivijay
    @MrNidonivijay Жыл бұрын

    Quick and easy.. Thanks!

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Gotta love shorts!

  • @uhhlauren4448
    @uhhlauren44484 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    4 ай бұрын

    🤓👍

  • @ilyraindots
    @ilyraindotsАй бұрын

    oh my god thank you so much

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Ай бұрын

    Happy to help! Hope you enjoy this short cut!

  • @Yertrena
    @Yertrena6 ай бұрын

    Thank you, long division is a nightmare to deal with

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    6 ай бұрын

    Agreed! I avoid it at all costs!

  • @RayceVR

    @RayceVR

    2 ай бұрын

    @@MathByThePixelwhen are you not able to use it?

  • @user-rm2yo8gs5j
    @user-rm2yo8gs5j7 ай бұрын

    Thank u so much god bless you sir i was just fed up by doing it by long method❤

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    7 ай бұрын

    No problem! It’s always nice to save some time and steps!

  • @thilaga.k8174
    @thilaga.k81742 жыл бұрын

    At last I understood this thankyou👌👌

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    2 жыл бұрын

    This means everything to me! 🙏

  • @Jayfrom_YT
    @Jayfrom_YT Жыл бұрын

    so helpful this

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s hard to go back to polynomial long division once you master this!

  • @srinivasanpandurangan8861
    @srinivasanpandurangan8861 Жыл бұрын

    Your teaching is very nice 🙂☺️

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I hope it helps!

  • @joshikumar9471
    @joshikumar9471 Жыл бұрын

    Tnqu brother🙇🥵

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    No problem! Happy dividing! 👌

  • @91rides
    @91rides Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Hope it helps you avoid polynomial long division!

  • @Lloristea
    @Lloristea Жыл бұрын

    I'm the 1000th like ! +The video was really good, it helped me

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    I am so grateful! Blown away that 1000 people have liked this little video!

  • @ZipZoomZestShorts
    @ZipZoomZestShorts Жыл бұрын

    Nice method

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Beats long division, doesn't it!

  • @Barmansarkar916
    @Barmansarkar916 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir from india

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    I can't believe this little channel made it all the way to your beautiful country! 🙏

  • @user-ox4co7sk5f
    @user-ox4co7sk5f8 ай бұрын

    tq..😍

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    8 ай бұрын

    👍

  • @madhavvashishtha8802
    @madhavvashishtha8802 Жыл бұрын

    Yea bro Thanks for the explanation😄 Love from India🇮🇳🇮🇳

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Anytime! India is so kind :)

  • @madhavvashishtha8802

    @madhavvashishtha8802

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MathByThePixel Well yes, everyone is kind here... Except the Maths teachers😅

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Sounds like I need to move to India!

  • @madhavvashishtha8802

    @madhavvashishtha8802

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MathByThePixel Yes sure! You are invited... We all are waiting for you(except the Maths teacher)😄

  • @henryleeCabin54
    @henryleeCabin54Ай бұрын

    Can you create one for big ass numbers, 5 degrees, and the remainder is not 0?

  • @krrishbeniwal22
    @krrishbeniwal22 Жыл бұрын

    Hey bro! You help me a lot but I want to ask you that are there drawbacks in synthetic division By the thanks ❤

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Not really! I only use it when dividing by a linear binomial (ie. something of the form ax+b). If I am dividing by anything with a higher degree I always use long division. Hope this helps!

  • @krrishbeniwal22

    @krrishbeniwal22

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks bro

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy to help my guy

  • @krrishbeniwal22

    @krrishbeniwal22

    Жыл бұрын

    Love from India🇮🇳

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    So amazing! 🔥

  • @mathsisokay
    @mathsisokay24 күн бұрын

    Why -2

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    21 күн бұрын

    Using this strategy, whatever makes the binomial that you are dividing by equal to zero goes in the spot outside the L-bracket. Since we are dividing by x+2, -2 will make that zero. Therefore, we place -2 outside the bracket.

  • @Anonymous.19277
    @Anonymous.192779 ай бұрын

    But whenever I imagine a value of x the answer is not matching to real one. Please answer 😢😢😢

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    9 ай бұрын

    What process are you using? Are you checking factors of the constant term? That’s your first step!

  • @annapayne2079
    @annapayne20798 ай бұрын

    what if the 0 comes before the remainder. like what if in doing synthetic division and my second answer is a 0 instead of the last one (the remainder)

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    8 ай бұрын

    If I’m understanding you correctly, when you were working vertically, you found zero before you hit the remainder? That just means the coefficient on that term will be zero. If you have a specific example you can share I can record a short for you to explain better!

  • @ankitaroy7481

    @ankitaroy7481

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@MathByThePixel You are so good

  • @julianjf2009
    @julianjf2009 Жыл бұрын

    Now I can finish my homework

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Now you can CRUSH your homework!

  • @cichildtinfoil1743
    @cichildtinfoil1743 Жыл бұрын

    Can the same be done for degree higher than 3

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    It can! It just takes longer :)

  • @jalmascogabrielle3017
    @jalmascogabrielle3017 Жыл бұрын

    What if x + 2 is 2x + 5 or something how do we solvs it?

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    In cases like this, most people would choose to just stick with long division as it involves some fraction work. However, you can apply synthetic division in your example by dividing everything (including the original expression and the factor) by 2 to end up with a coefficient of 1 on x first. You could then proceed with x + 5/2 as your linear factor. Note that you will then have to multiply your remainder by the 2 that you divided out in the beginning. Hope this helps!!

  • @jalmascogabrielle3017

    @jalmascogabrielle3017

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MathByThePixel you made it even clearer!!! Thanks!!

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Amazing! So glad to have helped!

  • @ShiroA277
    @ShiroA2777 ай бұрын

    How did u get the 2 at x²?

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    7 ай бұрын

    Since we started with a cubic (degree 3) and divided by a degree of 1, the result will be a trinomial with a degree of 2!

  • @Alphatorque
    @Alphatorque9 ай бұрын

    Bro listen I got a doubt, x²-x-4 ryt all the degrees are reduced and y doesnt 4 have an X Plz explain dude 😢😢😢😢😢

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    8 ай бұрын

    Think of the 4 as having an term of x^0 attached to it!

  • @criziamaerosas6999
    @criziamaerosas69997 ай бұрын

    What if the divisor is -1/2?

  • @criziamaerosas6999

    @criziamaerosas6999

    7 ай бұрын

    can you do an example video of this but the divisor is -1/2?

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    6 ай бұрын

    It should work the same way, just with messier subtraction. Sorry I haven't had the time to put something together like this. It's been on my video list for some time now!

  • @ghostffx8658
    @ghostffx86589 ай бұрын

    does it work all the time?

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    9 ай бұрын

    As long as you are dividing by a linear binomial with a coefficient of 1, you should never have an issue doing things this way. Things look a bit different when this isn’t the case.

  • @ghostffx8658

    @ghostffx8658

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@MathByThePixelthanks!

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    9 ай бұрын

    @ghostffx8658 anytime!

  • @A.S.S.lakshmi
    @A.S.S.lakshmi4 ай бұрын

    Thanks brother

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    4 ай бұрын

    No problem!

  • @SVIVI-rz1lv
    @SVIVI-rz1lv2 жыл бұрын

    Y did it turn to negative 2?

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    2 жыл бұрын

    When we use synthetic division, you take the value that makes the binomial equal to zero. So in this case, for x+2, x=-2 will make it equal to zero. From there we add. Another way is to just keep the +2 and subtract!

  • @lorcanzo2498

    @lorcanzo2498

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MathByThePixel ahh thanks

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lorcanzo2498 Anytime!

  • @ahmad.128
    @ahmad.128 Жыл бұрын

    I'm can't understand

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Here's a full length video that will probably help! kzread.info/dash/bejne/eXl306eNgKe7ZKw.html

  • @xXJ4FARGAMERXx
    @xXJ4FARGAMERXx Жыл бұрын

    What do you do if the remainder is non zero? For example: x²-4x+3 divided by (x-1) will get you: 1 | +1 -4 +3 + | +1 -3 -|------ × | +1 -3 +0 And the result will be x-3 with a remainder of 0, so we can express this like (x²-4x+3) ÷ (x-1) = (x-3) and you can change this to look like (x²-4x+3) = (x-3)(x-1) But if we try x²-4x-2 divided by x-1 we get 1 | +1 -4 -2 + | +1 -3 -|------ × | +1 -3 -5 And the result will be x-3 with a remainder of -5. What do you do now? Do you just say that (x²-4x-2) ÷ (x-1) = (x-3) -(5/(x-1))? We can change this to look like (x²-4x-2) ÷ (x-1) = (x-3) -(5/(x-1)) (x²-4x-2) = (x-3)(x-1) -5 But now we don't have it in the form of [Polynomial] = [factor][factor] because we have a -5 in there!

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    It looks like there was an error in your table! When adding -4 +1 you should get -3. This will in turn force your remainder into being zero. This will always happen if you find a factor like you did when you chose (x-1). Make sense?

  • @xXJ4FARGAMERXx

    @xXJ4FARGAMERXx

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MathByThePixel yeah I corrected that part, re-read it

  • @MathByThePixel

    @MathByThePixel

    Жыл бұрын

    You are correct to express the remainder in that way! Check out this video where it shows you how to express a reminder when dividing polynomials kzread.info/dash/bejne/dHlkstB6ibu1pZM.html