Question

How would you divide (a 2n - a n - 6) / (a n + 8) ?

Answer 1

are those exponents? n, 2n

Answer 2

if so, then its just longhand division like in the 4th grade

Answer 3

if the remainder is 0, then we can assume that there is some product:

(a^n + 8 ) (a^n + k) that 'foils' out to the numerator and compare parts

Answer 4

but thats just an idea that works in some cases