How do you simplify \frac { x ^ { 4} y ^ { 5} } { x ^ { 2} y ^ { 2} } =?
1 Answer
Feb 1, 2017
Explanation:
Using the
color(blue)"law of exponents"
color(orange)"Reminder " color(red)(bar(ul(|color(white)(2/2)color(black)(a^m/a^n=a^(m-n))color(white)(2/2)|))) The fraction can be ' split up' as follows.
(x^4y^5)/(x^2y^2)=x^4/x^2xxy^5/y^2
color(white)(xxxx)=x^((4-2))xxy^((5-2))=x^2y^3