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3. ‘3-star’ problems 11B.305 HKCEE 1995 – 3 HHHHH

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If f (x) = x + 99x + k is divisible by x + 1, then k =

11B.301 HKCEE 1984 – 4 HHHHH

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If x + 2 is a factor of x + ax + b, then 2a − b + 3 = B. −98 .
A. −7 . C. 98 .
B. −1 . D. 100 .
C. 0 . E. 198 .
D. 1 .

E. 7 .
11B.306 HKCEE 1999 – 38 HHHHH
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It is given that F(x) = x − 4x + ax + b. F(x) is divisible
by x − 1. When it is divided by x + 1, the remainder is 12.
Find a and b.
11B.302 HKCEE 1985 – 7 HHHHH
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Let a and b be constants. If 3x − ax + 5x − 3b is divisible A. a = 5, b = 10
by x + 3, then 3a + b = B. a = 1, b = 2
A. −32 . C. a = −3, b = 6
B. −22 . D. a = −4, b = 7
C. 22 . E. a = −7, b = 10

D. 32 .

E. It cannot be determined.
11B.307 HKCEE 2002 – 38 HHHHH
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The remainder when x + ax + b is divided by x + 2 is −4.
The remainder when ax2 + bx + 1 is divided by x − 2 is 9.
The value of a is
11B.303 HKCEE 1987 – 8 HHHHH
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A. −3 .
2
When the expression x + px + q is divided by x + 1, the
remainder is 4. Find the value of 2p − 2q + 1. B. −1 .
A. −3 C. 1 .

B. −5 D. 3 .

C. −7
11B.308 HKCEE 2004 – 40 HHHHH
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D. −9 3 2
If f (x) = x − 7x + 6 is divisible by x − 3x + k, then k =
E. It cannot be determined. A. −2 .
B. 2 .
11B.304 HKCEE 1990 – 34 HHHHH
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3
Let f (x) = 3x − 4x + k. If f (x) is divisible by x − k, find
D. 3 .
the remainder when f (x) is divided by x + k.

A. 2k
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B. k Let k be a positive integer. When x2k+1 + kx + k is divided
by x + 1, the remainder is
C. 0
A. −1 .
D. −k
B. 1 .
E. −k − 1
C. 2k − 1 .
D. 2k + 1 .

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3 2
Let k be a non-zero constant. When x + kx + 2kx + 3k is
divided by x + k, the remainder is k. Find k.
11B.401 HKCEE 1992 – 41 30% 3 HHHHH
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A. −1 If a polynomial f (x) is divisible by x − 1, then f (x − 1) is
divisible by
B. 1
A. x − 2 .
C. −2
B. x + 2 .
D. 2
C. x − 1 .

D. x + 1 .

E. x .
11B.311 HKCEE 2009 – 41 HHHHH
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When x 2009 +x 2008 +x 2007 + · · · + x is divided by x + 1, the
remainder is
11B.402 HKCEE 1994 – 37 30% 3 HHHHH
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A. −1 . P(x) is a polynomial. When P(x) is divided by 5x − 2,
the remainder is R. If P(x) is divided by 2 − 5x, then the
B. 0 . remainder is
C. 1 . A. R .
D. 2009 . B. −R .
2
C. R.
5
2
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Let g(x) = x + ax + b, where a and b are constants. If
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g(x) is divisible by x − 1, find the remainder when g(x) is E. − .
divided by x + 1. 5

A. 0
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B. 2a Let f (x) be a polynomial. If f (x) is divisible by x − 1,
C. −2a which of the following must be a factor of f (2x + 1)?

D. −2a + 2 A. x

B. x − 3

C. 2x − 1

D. 2x + 1

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Let f (x) = 2x + ax − 3, where a is a constant. If f (x)
is divisible by 2x + 1, find the remainder when f (x) is
divided by x − a.

A. −52

B. 22

C. 46

D. 72

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