Use synthetic division to find the expression for the area of the base of a rectangular prism with height x + 4 and volume x3 + 2x2 – 17x – 36. 2x2 – 9x x2 + 6x – 24 x2 – 2x – 9 –4x2 + 8x + 36

the mistake in the pattern is that :

b. the decimal point was moved one too many place values each time

the correct pattern could be made by :

b. moving the decimal point to the right the same numbers of place values as the exponents

answer: 42

use a calculator to find that 845/73 = 11.575

the whole part of the answer is 11. multiply this by 73 to get 11*73 = 803.

subtract that result from 845 to get 845 - 803 = 42