Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 5 - Section 5.6 - Division by a Monomial - Exercise - Page 227: 37

Answer

$3a^4-2a^2-a.$

Work Step by Step

We divide each term of the polynomial by the monomial as follows $$ \frac{24a^4 - 16a^2 - 8a}{8} = \frac{24a^4 }{8}+ \frac{ - 16a^2 }{8}+ \frac{ - 8a}{8}\\ =3a^4-2a^2-a. $$
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