Question

How do you simplify `\frac { - 20p ^ { 2} - 16p } { - 4p }`?

Answer 1

`frac{-20p^2-16p}{-4p}`

`=frac{(-4p)(5p+4)}{(-4p)}`

Cancel terms:
`=frac{cancel((-4p))(5p+4)}{cancel((-4p))}`

`=5p+4`