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" That is, the exponent of a letter in the quotient is equal to its exponent in the dividend minus its exponent in the divisor. For example, — = a*~". "
First Year Algebra - Page 88
by Webster Wells, Walter Wilson Hart - 1912 - 327 pages
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The Collegiate Algebra: Adapted to Colleges and Universities

James Bates Thomson, Elihu Thayer Quimby - Algebra - 1880 - 360 pages
...principles already established. (Art. i28.) That is, The quotient will have the sign —, with an exponent equal to its exponent in the dividend minus its exponent in the divisor. Take the following example : , quotient. SOLUTION. — Cancelling or removing the factors of this divisor...
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A Complete Course in Algebra

Webster Wells - 1885 - 368 pages
...multiplied by «3, will produce cf. That quantity is evidently a? ; hence That is, the exponent of a letter in the quotient is equal to its exponent in the dividend minus its exponent in the divisor. For example, — = ara~". a" DIVISION OF MONOMIALS. 90. We derive from Arts. 87, 88, and 89 the following...
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A Complete Course in Algebra for Academies and High Schools

Webster Wells - Algebra - 1885 - 370 pages
...multiplied by will produce as. That quantity is evidently a2 ; hence That is, the exponent of a letter in the quotient is equal to its exponent in the dividend minus its exponent in the divisor. For example, — = a*~". DIVISION OF MONOMIALS. 90. We derive from Arts. 87, 88, and 89 the following...
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A Complete Course in Algebra for Academies and High Schools

Webster Wells - Algebra - 1885 - 372 pages
...multiplied by л3, will produce a5. That quantity is evidently a2 ; hence That is, the exponent of a letter in the quotient is equal to its exponent in the dividend minus its exponent in the divisor. am For example, — • = a"1"". a" DIVISION OF MONOMIALS. 90. We derive from Arts. 87, 88, and 89...
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A Complete Course in Algebra for Academies and High Schools

Webster Wells - Algebra - 1885 - 324 pages
...To the quotient of the coefficients annex the literal quantities, giving to each letter an exponent equal to its exponent in the dividend minus its exponent in the divisor. Make the quotient + when the dividend and divisor have like signs, and — when they have unlike signs....
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The Normal Elementary Algebra: Containing the First Principles of the ...

Edward Brooks - Algebra - 1888 - 190 pages
...coefficient of the quotient. II. Write the letters of the dividend in the quotient, giving each an exponent equal to its exponent in the dividend minus its exponent in the divisor. If I. Make the quotient positive when the two terms have like fi, and negative when they have unlike...
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The Normal Elementary Algebra: Containing the First Priniples of the Science ...

Edward Brooks - Algebra - 1888 - 344 pages
...coefficient of the quotient. II. Write the letters of the dividend in the quotient, giving each an exponent equal to its exponent in the dividend minus its exponent in the divisor. III. Make the quotient positive when the two terme have like signs, and negative when they have unlike...
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A Short Course in Higher Algebra: For Academies, High Schools, and Colleges

Webster Wells - Algebra - 1889 - 584 pages
...by л", will produce a5. That quantity is evidently a2 ; hence c? That is, the exponent of a letter in the quotient is equal to its exponent in the dividend minus its exponent in the divisor. ~m For example, — = a" a" DIVISION OF MONOMIALS. 90. We derive from Arts. 87, 88, and 89 the following...
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College Algebra

Webster Wells - Algebra - 1890 - 560 pages
...monomials : To the quotient of the numerical coefficients annex the letters, giving to each an exponent equal to its exponent in the dividend minus its exponent in the divisor, and omitting any letter having the same exponent in the dividend and divisor. Example. Divide 91 afyV...
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The Elements of Mechanical Engineering, Volume 1

International Correspondence Schools - Electrical engineering - 1897 - 672 pages
...coefficient of the dividend divided by the coefficient of the divisor. 438. The exponent of a letter in the quotient is equal to its exponent in the dividend, minus its exponent in the divisor. 439. Let it be required to divide a' by a'. We have to obtain a quotient which, when multiplied by...
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