How do you simplify #\frac { p ^ { 1/ 9} p ^ { 11/ 18} p ^ { 1/ 2} } { ( p ^ { 34} ) ^ { - 1/ 9} }#?
2 Answers
Explanation:
We can use the following rules:
to rewrite this:
to this:
Explanation:
Do not be put off by the fact that this looks difficult.
The normal laws of indices apply, no matter how strange the indices look:
for like bases if you are multiplying
(they are fractions, so follow the fraction rules for adding)
A negative index:
Raising a power to another power
