document.write( "Question 516891: 8x^2y+3xy-6x-2 divided by 3x^2\r
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document.write( "Not only was the xy part wrong which should have been \r\n" );
document.write( "but also the 2x part was wrong because it should have been \r\n" );
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document.write( " 8x^2y+3xy-6x-2 divided by 3x^2\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write as the sum of four fractions by putting each term in the\r\n" );
document.write( "numerator over the denominator:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the x²'s in the first fraction, leaving \r\n" );
document.write( "Cancel the 3's, and subtract the exponents of x in the second fraction, \r\n" );
document.write( "leaving \r\n" );
document.write( "Divide 6 by 3 and subtract exponents of x in the third leaving \r\n" );
document.write( "Leave the last fraction as it is:\r\n" );
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document.write( " +  -  - \r\n" );
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document.write( "I'm guessing that you missed it because you skipped the intermediate \r\n" );
document.write( "step and went immediately to the final answer.\r\n" );
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document.write( "When the larger power is on the bottom, you subtract exponents and place\r\n" );
document.write( "the result on the bottom, not on the top.\r\n" );
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