👉 In mathematics, exactly means "to be exactly" or "equal in value." For example, if you have a number 5 and you want to know how many times it can be divided by itself without any remainder, you would say that 5 is exactly divisible by itself. Similarly, if you have a polynomial equation of degree n with coefficients a1, a2, ..., an, then the solution for x in terms of a1, a2, ..., an is exactly what you would