Question

Consider the division of 8y2 - 12y + 4 by 4y.

What are the values of a and b?
8y? - 12y+4
4y
872
4y
- 12V +
+
4
47
4
= a +b+
O a = 2y and b = 3
O a= and b = -3y
O a = 2y and b = -3
O a- } a
o a= 2 and b = 3y

Answer 1

Explanation:

Notice that the dividend has tree terms with , , c

Now, to divided our dividend by the monomial (single term) , the easiest thing to do is divide each term of the dividend by the monomial:

÷ =

After performing the division we get that now and

We can conclude that the correct answer is a = 2y and b = –3