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2. Divide a '^'\'a*X'-^a^x^ -r^.'ja^x^ — 6;v* by o*— *;a?', 



a*^x')a''\'a'x—aK->c'—'ja'x^—6?('{a^'^a*x—6x^ 



3. Divide c-—^ hy ^a — -^/L 



-d. Divide 



* Here a, the f^rst term of the dividend, being divided by 

 jy^a, the first term of the divisor, gives ^/« for the first term of 

 the quotient. Torazza^f and ^a =z a'^x and the difference 

 of the exponents is i— i, or t j therefore a^ divided by a"^ 

 gives a^ '^=:a^ zzy/a, as above. Or it muy be considered 

 thus : ask what quantity being muItipHed by \^a will give a, and 

 the answer is \/a ; then the divisor being multiplied by /^a | 



the fToduct is a — ^i/ab 5 but there being no term in the dividend, 



that 



