What should be true about the divisor (the number you are dividing by) in order for synthetic division to be
pretty straightforward?

In order for synthetic division to be pretty straightforward, the divisor must be of the first degree (that is, the power of x must be exactly one.) and must have the binomial form x - a.

Unlike Long Division which makes use of the polynomials given directly, Synthetic Division makes use of the coefficients of this polynomials.

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step-by-step explanation:

given the function as;

write the equation replacing f(x) with y

form   and fill a table containing values of y with corresponding values of x

you can take a range for   values of x as -3≤x≤3

solving for x=-3

for x=-2

repeat the same procedure to get the values of y for the remaining ,x=-1 to x=3

plot the values of y against values   of x and obtain the following graph