If we have 2x^18 _____ 8 Can we divide the 2 by the 8, or is the 2 part of the term on top.
girlworld_club Member Joined Oct 29, 2011 Messages 872 Location Narnia Gender Female HSC 2013 Feb 5, 2012 #1 If we have 2x^18 _____ 8 Can we divide the 2 by the 8, or is the 2 part of the term on top.
RealiseNothing what is that?It is Cowpea Joined Jul 10, 2011 Messages 4,591 Location Sydney Gender Male HSC 2013 Feb 5, 2012 #2 You can divide it.
girlworld_club Member Joined Oct 29, 2011 Messages 872 Location Narnia Gender Female HSC 2013 Feb 5, 2012 #3 RealiseNothing said: You can divide it. Click to expand... What if it was 2 + x^18 / 8
M mnmaa Member Joined Dec 20, 2011 Messages 311 Gender Undisclosed HSC N/A Feb 5, 2012 #4 than you can split it into (1/4) + (x^18)/8 I put the brackets there to point out that they are seperated
than you can split it into (1/4) + (x^18)/8 I put the brackets there to point out that they are seperated
RealiseNothing what is that?It is Cowpea Joined Jul 10, 2011 Messages 4,591 Location Sydney Gender Male HSC 2013 Feb 5, 2012 #5 girlworld_club said: What if it was 2 + x^18 / 8 Click to expand... You have to be able to divide every term in the numerator by the denominator, so in this case no since 8 doesn't divide x^18.
girlworld_club said: What if it was 2 + x^18 / 8 Click to expand... You have to be able to divide every term in the numerator by the denominator, so in this case no since 8 doesn't divide x^18.