Question

How do you simplify `4^r \div 4^s`?

Answer 1

`4^(r-s`

Explanation:

Since the base of both exponents are the same, we can use the exponent law where:

`x^y-:x^z=x^(y-z)`

This only works if the bases are the same.

In this case, we would have `4^(r-s`