The polynomial y^3 + y^2 +my - 7 has the same remainder when it is divided by either y-1 or y+1. What is the remainder?
Using synthetic divsion, we have.:
-1 [ 1 1 m - 7 ] 1 [ 1 1 m -7 ]
-1 0 -m 1 2 m + 2
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1 0 m ( -7 - m) 1 2 (m + 2) ( m - 5 )
So
-7 - m = m - 5
-2 = 2m
-1 = m
So..... the remainder is (-1 - 5) = -6