document.write( "Question 62604: divide 4/x^8 by 16/x^5 \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Think back to how you did division of fractions. Invert the divisor (finds its reciprocal) and change the sign to multiply. So this problem could be written as
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%284%2Fx%5E8%29+%2A%28x%5E5%2F16%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%284%2Ax%5E5%29%2F%28x%5E8%2A16%29\"$ Divide top and bottom by 4
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%5E5%2F%28x%5E8%2A4%29\"$ Divide top and bottom by x^5
\n" ); document.write( " $\"1%2F%284x%5E3%29\"$
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