#Where did I go wrong?

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unreal finch
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Could you explain the notation you're using? It seems that it's not the traditional polynomial long division.

Just guessing, you should put +3x^2 instead of -3x^2 in the very first step.

Polynomial long division

In algebra, polynomial long division is an algorithm for dividing a polynomial by another polynomial of the same or lower degree, a generalized version of the familiar arithmetic technique called long division. It can be done easily by hand, because it separates an otherwise complex division problem into smaller ones. Sometimes using a shorthand...

unreal finch
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If I understand your process correctly, you add the two polynomials. Most people would subtract them.