Divide using synthetic division $$ ( x^{3}+12x^{2}+41x+42 ) \div ( -2 ) $$
Answer
The synthetic division table is:
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrrr}0&1&12&41&42\\& & 0& 0& \color{black}{0} \\ \hline &\color{blue}{1}&\color{blue}{12}&\color{blue}{41}&\color{orangered}{42} \end{array} $$The solution is:
$$ \frac{ x^{3}+12x^{2}+41x+42 }{ x } = \color{blue}{x^{2}+12x+41} ~+~ \frac{ \color{red}{ 42 } }{ x } $$Explanation
Step 1 : Write down the coefficients of the dividend into division table.Put the zero at the left.
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrrr}\color{blue}{0}&1&12&41&42\\& & & & \\ \hline &&&& \end{array} $$Step 1 : Bring down the leading coefficient to the bottom row.
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrrr}0&\color{orangered}{ 1 }&12&41&42\\& & & & \\ \hline &\color{orangered}{1}&&& \end{array} $$Step 2 : Multiply by the number on the left, and carry the result into the next column: $ \color{blue}{ 0 } \cdot \color{blue}{ 1 } = \color{blue}{ 0 } $.
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrrr}\color{blue}{0}&1&12&41&42\\& & \color{blue}{0} & & \\ \hline &\color{blue}{1}&&& \end{array} $$Step 3 : Add down last column: $ \color{orangered}{ 12 } + \color{orangered}{ 0 } = \color{orangered}{ 12 } $
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrrr}0&1&\color{orangered}{ 12 }&41&42\\& & \color{orangered}{0} & & \\ \hline &1&\color{orangered}{12}&& \end{array} $$Step 4 : Multiply by the number on the left, and carry the result into the next column: $ \color{blue}{ 0 } \cdot \color{blue}{ 12 } = \color{blue}{ 0 } $.
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrrr}\color{blue}{0}&1&12&41&42\\& & 0& \color{blue}{0} & \\ \hline &1&\color{blue}{12}&& \end{array} $$Step 5 : Add down last column: $ \color{orangered}{ 41 } + \color{orangered}{ 0 } = \color{orangered}{ 41 } $
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrrr}0&1&12&\color{orangered}{ 41 }&42\\& & 0& \color{orangered}{0} & \\ \hline &1&12&\color{orangered}{41}& \end{array} $$Step 6 : Multiply by the number on the left, and carry the result into the next column: $ \color{blue}{ 0 } \cdot \color{blue}{ 41 } = \color{blue}{ 0 } $.
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrrr}\color{blue}{0}&1&12&41&42\\& & 0& 0& \color{blue}{0} \\ \hline &1&12&\color{blue}{41}& \end{array} $$Step 7 : Add down last column: $ \color{orangered}{ 42 } + \color{orangered}{ 0 } = \color{orangered}{ 42 } $
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrrr}0&1&12&41&\color{orangered}{ 42 }\\& & 0& 0& \color{orangered}{0} \\ \hline &\color{blue}{1}&\color{blue}{12}&\color{blue}{41}&\color{orangered}{42} \end{array} $$Bottom line represents the quotient $ \color{blue}{ x^{2}+12x+41 } $ with a remainder of $ \color{red}{ 42 } $.