SOLUTION: Dear Tutor, I have tried this problem several ways and can't seem to come up with an acceptible answer. Will you please help me solve it? Thanks!!
(4x^8 + 10x^4 + 6x^3) / 2x^6
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-> SOLUTION: Dear Tutor, I have tried this problem several ways and can't seem to come up with an acceptible answer. Will you please help me solve it? Thanks!!
(4x^8 + 10x^4 + 6x^3) / 2x^6
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Question 5082: Dear Tutor, I have tried this problem several ways and can't seem to come up with an acceptible answer. Will you please help me solve it? Thanks!!
(4x^8 + 10x^4 + 6x^3) / 2x^6 Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source):
Let's try factoring the common factor of from the numerator:
Now reduce the fraction by dividing out the :
I prefer THIS answer, but sometimes there is another form of the answer in which the answer is in separate fractions. You can ignore the rest of this is what I wrote above is the answer you need.
If this is not the answer you need, then you can split up the numerator into three separate fractions: