What's a Divisor in a Rational Expression?

What's a Divisor in a Rational Expression?

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In division, the number you are dividing by is called the divisor. The same thing is true if you're working with expressions instead of numbers! Learn more about divisors in this tutorial.

Keywords:

  • definition
  • divisor
  • rational expression
  • algebraic fraction
  • polynomial
  • expression
  • fraction
  • division

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