Exercise 2.4.5

Use the abbreviated form of synthetic division where the middle row is omitted and the carry is done mentally.

\(3\)\(1\)\(-2\)\(-5\)\(1\)
\(1\)\(3\)\(4\)\(2\)\(-3\)\(-2\)

So \(q ( x ) = 3 x^3 +­ 4 x^2 + 2 x \,- 3\), the remainder \(r = \,- 2\) and \( f ( x ) = ( x - 1 ) (3 x^3 ­+ 4 x^2 + 2 x - 3 ) - 2\).