CAIE A Level Mathematics 9709 · Algebra

Algebra: calculation question

4 marksChallenge

Find the remainder when $f(x) = x^3 - 3x - 1$ is divided by $x + 1$ .

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What is the remainder? Give your answer as an integer.
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