$x - 2$ is a factor of $x^{3} - 2 x - 4$ .

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A
True

Let $P (x) = x^{3} - 2 x - 4$ .

The value of P(2) =

$2^{3} - 2 \times 2 - 4 = 0$

This means that when the polynomial is divided by x – 2, the remainder is zero.

So, $(x - 2)$ is a factor of the polynomial.

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