Multiple Choice

An inventory specialist at a distribution center is simplifying the average storage cost expression 10x2+5x205x\frac{10x^2 + 5x - 20}{5x}, where xx represents the number of units. According to the rules for dividing a polynomial by a monomial, why does the variable xx remain in the denominator of the simplified constant term (4x-\frac{4}{x})?

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