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Standard VIII
Mathematics
Factorisation by Common Factors
Check x2-x+...
Question
Check
x
2
−
x
+
1
is a factor of
x
3
−
3
x
2
−
3
x
−
2
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Solution
We divide
x
3
−
3
x
2
−
3
x
−
2
by
x
2
−
x
+
1
and if we get the remainder as
0
then it means that
x
2
−
x
+
1
is a factor of
x
3
−
3
x
2
−
3
x
−
2
.
From the above division, we have the quotient
x
−
2
and the remainder is
0
.
Hence,
x
2
−
x
+
1
is a factor of
x
3
−
3
x
2
−
3
x
−
2
.
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