How do you simplify completely $(12x^3-4x^2+8x)/(-2x)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-04-09T11:42:56

Provided $x!= 0$

$(12x^3-4x^2+8x)/(-2x)$

$= (12x^3)/(-2x) +(-4x^2)/(-2x) + (8x)/(-2x)$

$= -6x^2+2x-4$

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