SOLUTION: simplify: -30x^5 / -5x^2

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Question 151354: simplify:
-30x^5 / -5x^2
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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simplify:
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:
-5 goes into -30, +6 times, so we have:
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:
x^2 goes into x^5, x^3 times, so we have:
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