Divide using synthetic division $$ ( 7x^{2}+12x+8 ) \div ( -2 ) $$
Answer
The synthetic division table is:
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrr}0&7&12&8\\& & 0& \color{black}{0} \\ \hline &\color{blue}{7}&\color{blue}{12}&\color{orangered}{8} \end{array} $$The solution is:
$$ \frac{ 7x^{2}+12x+8 }{ x } = \color{blue}{7x+12} ~+~ \frac{ \color{red}{ 8 } }{ x } $$Explanation
Step 1 : Write down the coefficients of the dividend into division table.Put the zero at the left.
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrr}\color{blue}{0}&7&12&8\\& & & \\ \hline &&& \end{array} $$Step 1 : Bring down the leading coefficient to the bottom row.
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrr}0&\color{orangered}{ 7 }&12&8\\& & & \\ \hline &\color{orangered}{7}&& \end{array} $$Step 2 : Multiply by the number on the left, and carry the result into the next column: $ \color{blue}{ 0 } \cdot \color{blue}{ 7 } = \color{blue}{ 0 } $.
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrr}\color{blue}{0}&7&12&8\\& & \color{blue}{0} & \\ \hline &\color{blue}{7}&& \end{array} $$Step 3 : Add down last column: $ \color{orangered}{ 12 } + \color{orangered}{ 0 } = \color{orangered}{ 12 } $
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrr}0&7&\color{orangered}{ 12 }&8\\& & \color{orangered}{0} & \\ \hline &7&\color{orangered}{12}& \end{array} $$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 } $.
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrr}\color{blue}{0}&7&12&8\\& & 0& \color{blue}{0} \\ \hline &7&\color{blue}{12}& \end{array} $$Step 5 : Add down last column: $ \color{orangered}{ 8 } + \color{orangered}{ 0 } = \color{orangered}{ 8 } $
$$ \begin{array}{c|rrr}0&7&12&\color{orangered}{ 8 }\\& & 0& \color{orangered}{0} \\ \hline &\color{blue}{7}&\color{blue}{12}&\color{orangered}{8} \end{array} $$Bottom line represents the quotient $ \color{blue}{ 7x+12 } $ with a remainder of $ \color{red}{ 8 } $.