Why do you think you need to subtract in the process of long division but add when doing synthetic division

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Mercedes · Answer 1 · 2017-03-28T06:18:58+0000

Because you have changed the sign of the divisor as part of setting up the synthetic division.

The whole point of changing the divisor's sign is allow addition (which is easier) instead of subtraction.

Why do you think you need to subtract in the process of long division but add when doing synthetic division

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