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  • 24-11-2016
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How to prove (x^n - a^n)/(x-a ) = (x-a)(x^ (n-1) + x^(n-2) a +….a^ (n-1))? Please help.Thanks

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andriansp andriansp
  • 25-11-2016
you can prove it by using synthetic division and divide x^n - a^n by x-a

First step
x^n - a^n  - x^n-1 (x-a) = x^n-1 a - a^n

Second step
x^n-1 a - a^n  - x^n-2 a (x-a ) = x^n-2 a^2 - a^n
 . . .until the exponent of x become 0

Hope this helps

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