SOLUTION: Find the quotient: 12x^8 y^8/-3x^5 y^3

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Question 34494: Find the quotient: 12x^8 y^8/-3x^5 y^3
Answer by Earlsdon(6103) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the quotient:
%2812x%5E8y%5E8%29%2F%28-3x%5E5y%5E3%29
Recall: When dividing monomials with the same base, you just subtract their exponents.
Example:
x%5E8%2Fx%5E5+=+x%5E%28%288-5%29%29 = x%5E3 and
y%5E8%2Fy%5E3+=+y%5E%28%288-3%29%29 = y%5E5 so:
%2812x%5E8y%5E8%29%2F%28-3x%5E5y%5E3%29+=+-4x%5E3y%5E5