Wipe, Cancel, Divide and Stick. When "powers" aren't all that powerful - dividing monomials

24 x³

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 4 x²                        Confusing? Scary?

Not really, when you can WIPE, CANCEL, DIVIDE and STICK.

Step One - WIPE out the powers.  Rewrite them as...

24 x x x

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 4 x  x 

Step Two - CANCEL

24 x x x

  --------

 4 x  x 

Step Three - DIVIDE  -     24/4 = 6

Step Four - STICK  the "x" on the end...

...   6x

Step Five - Done