Could someone walk me thru how to do this?

(4m^2+8m)/4m^2

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Could someone walk me thru how to do this?

(4m^2+8m)/4m^2

emilylauren · Answer

is this equation equal to anything?

emilylauren · Answer

$$(4m^{2}+8m)\div(4m^{2})$$

anonymous · Answer

No, not equation.

emilylauren · Answer

Are you just simplifying then? I would divide the fractions into two parts so that
(4m^2/4m^2)+(8m/4m^2)

emilylauren · Answer

so then it simplifies to 1+(2/m)

anonymous · Answer

OH okay so 8/4 2, and then the m and the m^2 were subtracted out leaving only one m?

emilylauren · Answer

(4m^2/4m^2) is equal to the 1
(8m/4m^2) you can cancel out one m, so one is left on the bottom, and simplify the fraction 8/4 to 2

emilylauren · Answer

since there was an m in the numerator and the denominator I could just factor it out :)

emilylauren · Answer

m/m^2 = 1/m

Does that make sense? You can just factor it out.

anonymous · Answer

Okay no. Lol. I get the other pieces for it but the variable part is still iffy.

anonymous · Answer

So if I am doing something like$$\frac{ 25a ^{5} }{ -5a }$$  I would end up with $$-5a ^{4}$$ ?

anonymous · Answer

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