Question

can someone solve this for me? 8-12y^3/4

Answer 1

Is 3/4 the exponent of y or 4 a divisor of the 8-12y^3?

Answer 2

3 is the exponet and divideby 4?

Answer 3

What is divided by 4?

Answer 4

okay so 8-12y^3 power and then over 4

Answer 5

the answer is -(3y^3-2)

Answer 6

how?

Answer 7

OK, I'll try it this way, according to how I've understood:
(8-12y^3)/4
That's like multiplying all the characters in the brackets by 1/4.
By doing so, we have,
(1/4*8)-(1/4*12y^3)
=2-3y^3.