Question

Solve: 10a^2 b^3 + 30ab^2 – 20ab^3 / 5ab^2

Answer 1

since the under is a monomial; you can split this into a summation of parts

Answer 2

10a^2 b^3/ 5ab^2

30ab^2 / 5ab^2

–20ab^3 / 5ab^2

Answer 3

i like to split it again into numbers and letters to make simplification easier

Answer 4

10a^2 b^3/ 5ab^2

10/5 a^2/a b^3/b^2
2 aa/a bbb/bb
2 a b



30ab^2 / 5ab^2

30/5 a/a b^2/b^2
6 1 1
6



–20ab^3 / 5ab^2

-20/5 a/a b^3/b^2
-4 1 bbb/bb
-4 b


combine them all together to get:

2ab +6 -4b