8x to the fifth power divided by 4x squared using exponent rules

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asked Jan 14, 2019 54.1k views

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Utpal Kumar Das · Answer 1 · 2019-01-20T15:26:20+0000

8/4 is of course 2. x^5/x² is x^(5-2) or x³. when you are dividing like variables like this you subtract exponents. the answer is 2x³