Answer:
This comes out as 2a⁵ - 5a³ + a / 2
Step-by-step explanation:
We could use long division for this but since the denominator is a single term, we can just divide each term by that individually
[tex]\frac{8a^8 - 20a^6 + 2a^4}{4a^3} \\\\= \frac{8a^8}{4a^3} - \frac{20a^6}{4a^3} + \frac{ 2a^4}{4a^3} \\\\= 2a^5 - 5a^3 + \frac{1}{2}a[/tex]
