How do you simplify (-2h^5 - 10h^2 )/(8h^6)?

2 Answers
Apr 26, 2017

=-1/4h-5/(4h^4)

Explanation:

  1. Separate the equation
    (-2h^5)/(8h^6)-(10h^2)/(8h^6)

  2. Separate numbers from variables
    -2/8(h^5)/h^6 -10/8(h^2)/h^6

  3. Divide. Remember to minus the indices from each other when dividing
    -1/4h^(5-6)-5/4h^(2-6

  4. Simplify
    -1/4h^1-5/4h^-4
    =-1/4h-5/(4h^4)

Apr 26, 2017

((-h^3-5))/(4h^4)

Explanation:

(-2h^5-10h^2)/(8h^6)

:.=(2h^2(-h^3-5))/(8h^6)

:.=((-h^3-5))/(4h^(6-2))

:.=((-h^3-5))/(4h^4)