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Learn how to solve polynomial long division problems step by step online. Simplify the expression (16a^12-4b^14)/(4a^6-2b^7). Factor the numerator by 2. Factor the denominator by 2. Cancel the fraction's common factor 2.
Final answer to the problem
$\frac{8a^{12}-2b^{14}}{2a^6-b^7}$
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In algebra, polynomial long division is an algorithm for dividing a polynomial by another polynomial of the same or lower degree, a generalised version of the familiar arithmetic technique called long division.