Question

How do you simplify `(6a^-1 b)^2/(b^2)^4`?

Answer 1

`(6a^(-1)b)^2/(b^2)^4`
^2
`= (6^2/1) * ((a^(-1))^2/1) *( (b^2)/(b^2)^4)`

`= 6^2*1/a^2*1/(b^2)^3`

`= 36/(a^2b^6)`