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: 34

Answer

$-5r^2+4r+3$

Work Step by Step

We divide each term of the polynomial by the monomial as follows $$ (20r^2 - 16r - 12) \div (-4)=\frac{20r^2 - 16r - 12}{-4} \\ =\frac{20r^2 }{-4}+\frac{ -16r }{-4}+\frac{ - 12}{-4}\\ =-5r^2+4r+3 . $$
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