How do you simplify #m^5 \div m^3#?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-16T23:35:42

#m^2#

The question here is #m^5 -: m^3#.

This can be rewritten as:

#m^5/m^3#

Using properties of exponents we know that when we divided exponents of the same base we subtract the powers.

#m^5/m^3=m^2#

Or you can visualize it as:

#(cancel(mxxmxxmxx)(mxxm))/cancel(mxxmxxm)#