Find the remainder when x4+1 is divided by x2−3x+5.
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The long division is shown below.
\multicolumn2rx2\cline2−6x2−3x+5\multicolumn2rx4\cline2−4\multicolumn2r\multicolumn2r\cline3−5\multicolumn2r\multicolumn2r\cline4−6\multicolumn2r+3xx4−3x3+3x3+3x3+4+5x2−5x2−9x2+4x2+4x2+15x−15x−12x−3x+1+20−19+1Thus, the remainder is −3x−19.