Long division

G'day G'day Folks,

I was reading a math book which had a proof of differentiation of a
quotient usually written as u/v that I hadn't seen before.

In essence the proof relied on doing a long division of the
form a + b into c + d

As the division proceeded the terms became smaller and smaller and so
insignificant.

The catch is I've never seen a long division of the form a+b into c+d
so can't make sense of it.

Please can someone explain how one does such a long division.

Thank you,

Best wishes,
--
Quentin Grady ^ ^ /
New Zealand, >#,#< [
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"... and the blind dog was leading."

http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin
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