Question

How do you simplify `\frac { 6x y ^ { 4} } { - 2x ^ { 4} }`?

Answer 1

`- (3y^4)/x^3`

Explanation:

Given:`" "(6xy^4)/(-2x^4)`

write as

`6/(-2)xx x/x^4xxy^4`

`-3xx (x xx1)/(x xxx^3)xxy^4`

`-3xx x/x xx1/x^3xxy^4`

`-3xx1 xx1/x^3xxy^4`

`- (3y^4)/x^3`