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Just substitute? (Posted on 2019-09-17)

Find the value of x⁵-100x⁴+100x³-100x²+100x-9 when x = 99.

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Just substitute

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Let f(x) = x**5 -100x**4+100x**3-100x**2+100x-9

Then, dividing f(x) by x-99, we have:

f(x) = (x**4 -x**3 +x**2-x+1)(x-99)+90

Then, substituting x=99, we have

f(x) = 90, when x=99

Posted by K Sengupta on 2022-06-09 00:03:42

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