Question

What is the remainder when x2 – x - 20 is divided by x - 5?

Answer 1

Given:

$\frac{x^2-x-20}{x-5}$

Let's perform the division and find the remainder.

Let's apply the long division method.

We have:

The quotient is = x + 4

The reaminder is the value under the division.

Thus, the remainder is = 0

ANSWER:

0