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

1 Answer
Jul 4, 2017

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