Problem

Given the polynomial \( P(x) = 2x^3 - 3x^2 + 4x - 5 \) and \( Q(x) = x - 1 \), find the remainder when \( P(x) \) is divided by \( Q(x) \). Additionally, if \( R(x) \) is the remainder and \( \theta \) is the root of \( Q(x) \), find the value of \( \cos(\theta) \) if \( R(\theta) = \cos(\theta) \)

Solution

Step 1 :Step 1: Divide \( P(x) \) by \( Q(x) \) using polynomial long division. This gives us \( P(x) = Q(x) \cdot (2x^2 - x + 5) + R(x) \), where \( R(x) \) is the remainder.

Step 2 :Step 2: Set \( Q(x) = 0 \) to find the root \( \theta \), we have \( x - 1 = 0 \) which gives \( \theta = 1 \)

Step 3 :Step 3: Substitute \( \theta = 1 \) into \( R(x) \), we get \( R(1) = 2 \cdot 1^3 - 3 \cdot 1^2 + 4 \cdot 1 - 5 = -2 \)

Step 4 :Step 4: Since it's given that \( R(\theta) = \cos(\theta) \), we have \( \cos(\theta) = -2 \)

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