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-5x² - 4 | - 20x³ – 10x² – 16x – 8 | 4x + 2

______| - 20x³ - 16x..................|________

-------------------------------- ; divide - 20x³ by -5x² to get 4x, then multiply 4x to -5x² - 4

..............-10x² + 16x - 16x ; subtract and bring 16 x from top

..............-10x² - 8 ;divide -10x² by -5x² to get 2 on the top, then multiply 2 to -5x² - 4

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......................8 - 8 = 0 ; subtract and bring -8 from top ; which gets cancelled

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so answer is 4x + 2 or 2*(2x +1)

Hope this helped

Vick

-5x^2-4 -20x^3-10x^2-16x-8 4x+2

-(-20x^3 -16x

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-10x^2-8

-(-10x^2-8)

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