How do you simplify (\frac { 2a ^ { 4} b ^ { 6} } { 4a ^ { 2} } ) ^ { 4}?

1 Answer
Mar 14, 2018

Answer

Explanation:

((2a^4b^6)/(4a^2))^4

Since its multiplication you can manipulate the a^4/a^2 and just get a^2 such as the rule says a^4/a^2=a^(4-2)

and so you get

((a^2b^6)/2)^4

=(a^(2*4)b^(6*4))/2^4

=(a^8b^24)/32