Divide using synthetic division $$ ( 4x-8 ) \div ( -2x ) $$

The synthetic division table is:

$$ \begin{array}{c|rr}0&4&-8\\& & \color{black}{0} \\ \hline &\color{blue}{4}&\color{orangered}{-8} \end{array} $$

The solution is:

$$ \frac{ 4x-8 }{ x } = \color{blue}{4} \color{red}{~-~} \frac{ \color{red}{ 8 } }{ x } $$

Step 1 : Write down the coefficients of the dividend into division table.Put the zero at the left.

$$ \begin{array}{c|rr}\color{blue}{0}&4&-8\\& & \\ \hline && \end{array} $$

Step 1 : Bring down the leading coefficient to the bottom row.

$$ \begin{array}{c|rr}0&\color{orangered}{ 4 }&-8\\& & \\ \hline &\color{orangered}{4}& \end{array} $$

Step 2 : Multiply by the number on the left, and carry the result into the next column: $ \color{blue}{ 0 } \cdot \color{blue}{ 4 } = \color{blue}{ 0 } $.

$$ \begin{array}{c|rr}\color{blue}{0}&4&-8\\& & \color{blue}{0} \\ \hline &\color{blue}{4}& \end{array} $$

Step 3 : Add down last column: $ \color{orangered}{ -8 } + \color{orangered}{ 0 } = \color{orangered}{ -8 } $

$$ \begin{array}{c|rr}0&4&\color{orangered}{ -8 }\\& & \color{orangered}{0} \\ \hline &\color{blue}{4}&\color{orangered}{-8} \end{array} $$

Bottom line represents the quotient $ \color{blue}{ 4 } $ with a remainder of $ \color{red}{ -8 } $.

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