Question

Carry out the following division:

28x⁴ ÷ 56x

Answer 1

28x⁴ = 2 × 2 × 7 × x × x × x × x

56x = 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 × x

= `(28x^4)/ (56x)` 

=`(2 xx 2 xx 7 xx x xx x xx x xx x)/(2 xx 2 xx 2 xx 7 xx x)`

=` x^3/2`

= `1/(2 x^3)`