Question

How do you find the quotient `8^4/8^3`?

Answer 1

We will use this rule of exponents to find the quotient: `x^color(red)(a)/x^color(blue)(b) = x^(color(red)(a)-color(blue)(b))`

`8^color(red)(4)/8^color(blue)(3) = 8^(color(red)(4)-color(blue)(3)) = 8^1 = 8`