How do you simplify #\frac { 7p ^ { 3} } { 8p ^ { 4} }#?

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Tilly
Jan 6, 2017

#7/(8p)#

Explanation:

#(7p^3)/(8p^4)# expands to #(7p*p*p)/(8p*p*p*p)#

Cancel the #p#'s from the numerator that have a corresponding #p# in the denominator

#(7p*p*p)/(8p*p*p*p)# to #7/(8p)#

Therefore the answer is

#7/(8p)#

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