Question

How do you simplify `(a^4 b^-2 c^0)/(a b^4 c^-2)`?

Answer 1

`a^3b^-6c^2`

Explanation:

`(a^4b^-2c^0)/(ab^4c^-2)`

You simplify in these situation by subtracting the powers, if that makes sense (e.g. `a^5/a^3=a^(5-3)=a^2`) So the above expression becomes:

`a^(4-1)b^(-2-4)c^(0-(-2)`

`a^3b^-6c^2`