1.5.6 Polynomials and rational expressions

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Question 39

The altitude $A (t)$ of a research drone relative to its launch platform is modeled by the function $A(t) = 3t^3 + pt^2 + qt - 20$ for $\ge 0$ , where $p$ and $q$ are constants.

Given that $(3 t - 2)$ is a factor of $A (t)$ , show that $2 p + 3 q = 86$ .

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Given further that when $A (t)$ is divided by $(t + 1)$ , the remainder is $q - 36$ , find the value of $p$ and the value of $q$ .

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Hence, using algebra, fully factorise $A (t)$ .

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