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#
