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An operations manager is simplifying a resource-allocation formula used to calculate utility overhead across two manufacturing facilities, aa and bb. The total raw overhead is represented by the polynomial expression 32a2b16ab2{}32a^2b - 16ab^2. To determine the adjusted cost rate per unit of efficiency, the manager must divide this total by the negative scaling factor 8ab-8ab:

(32a2b16ab2)÷(8ab)({}32a^2b - 16ab^2) \div (-8ab)

Recalling the algebraic rules for dividing a polynomial by a monomial, separate and simplify each term of the expression to find the final simplified quotient.

(Please write your answer in standard algebraic form, with terms in alphabetical order of the variables, without any spaces, e.g., -4a+2b).

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