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What's a Partial Dividend?

Definition: Partial Dividend

Summary

  1. 'x' is a variable
  2. '2x+3' is the divisor
  3. '2x2-11x-20' is the dividend
  4. The first term in our quotient is an 'x' because we want to multiply '2x+3' by something that will get us an x2 term
  5. Multiply our first term, x, by our divisor, and then subtract that from our dividend
  6. The 2x2 terms cancel out
  7. The -14x is our partial dividend

Notes

    1. '2x+3' is the divisor
    2. '2x2-11x-20' is the dividend
    1. The first term in our quotient is an 'x' because we want to multiply '2x+3' by something that will get us an x2 term
    2. 'x' is a variable
    1. 'x' is a variable
    2. The divisor is '2x+3'
    1. 'x' is a variable
    2. The dividend is '2x2-11x-20'
    1. This is why we want our first term to be 'x'
    2. 'x' is a variable
    1. 'x' is a variable
    1. Our partial dividend was -14x
    2. 'x' is a variable