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: 49

Answer

$ \frac{1 }{ 2x^2} -3-2x^2.$

Work Step by Step

We divide each term of the polynomial by the monomial as follows $$ \frac{1 - 6x^2 - 4x^4}{ 2x^2}= \frac{1 }{ 2x^2}+ \frac{ - 6x^2 }{ 2x^2}+ \frac{ - 4x^4}{ 2x^2} \\ = \frac{1 }{ 2x^2} -3-2x^2. $$
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