> Because I don't know what polynomial division actually "is" yet.

Opposite of polynomial multiplication.

(x^3+3x^2-4x)/(x^2-x) = ???

> I didn't say you don't need to know how to do long division - I said you 
> don't need to spend 3 years practising it for several hours per day.

It makes things later in life, assuming you go on with studying maths, a lot 
easier.  At university I used to cringe at the people who used their 
calculators so often to do what they really should be doing in their head. 
When you are tackling a large problem it is a huge advantage do be able to 
do at least the basics very quickly in your head.

> Thanks for clarifying that. I was wondering myself!

Since I'm living in Germany I don't pay UK tax anymore, but I asked them to 
repay me some bank interest tax (it was a relatively small amount, like 


because I didn't return it by the deadline (even though the deadline had 
passed by the time I got the form!!!).


long time and a lot of effort - not sure if that was a profitable use of my 
time though!

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