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: 41

Answer

$ -x^3+x^2-x+4.$

Work Step by Step

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