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11 years ago
Algebra Question: Simplify - 3x(to power of 2)y(to power of 5)/6x(to power of 4)y?
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11 years ago
Generally, we write ^ for 'to the power of':

3x^2y^5 / 6x^4y
= x^2y^5 / 2x^4y (divide by 3/3 )
= x^2y^4 / 2x^4 (divide by y/y )
= y^4 / 2x^2 (divide by x^2/x^2 )
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