Question

Divide 24x^2 y + 8xy^2 + 8xy by -4xy What is the quotient?

Answer 1

Think of exponents as multiples of that variable. So x^2 is x*x and y^2 is y*y. If you divided x*x by x, you'd get just x. Dividing just subtracts from the total when everything is being multiplied. So for the first term, 24(x^2)(y) / -4(x)(y) is -6(x)