Edexcel C2 — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
TopicFactor & Remainder Theorem
TypeKnown polynomial, verify then factorise

\begin{enumerate} \item (a) Show that \(( x + 2 )\) is a factor of \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = x ^ { 3 } - 19 x - 30\).
(b) Factorise \(\mathrm { f } ( x )\) completely. \item For the binomial expansion, in descending powers of \(x\), of \(\left( x ^ { 3 } - \frac { 1 } { 2 x } \right) ^ { 12 }\),