Question

How do you simplify `w^9/w^4`?

Answer 1

Use this rule of exponents to simplify: `x^color(red)(a)/x^color(blue)(b) = x^(color(red)(a)-color(blue)(b))`

`w^color(red)(9)/w^color(blue)(4) = w^(color(red)(9)-color(blue)(4)) = w^5`