Question

How do you simplify `\frac { 10a ^ { 2} b ^ { 5} } { 25a b ^ { 2} }`?

Answer 1

`(2ab^3)/5`

Explanation:

Let use exponential properties to simplify this:
`a^2/a =a^(2-1)=a^1=a`
`(10a^(2-1)b^(5-2))/25`
`(10a^1b^3)/25`
Simplifying further we get:
`(2ab^3)/5`