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July 28th 2008, 07:49 PM
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simplify and division

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can it be simplified more?
July 28th 2008, 08:42 PM
Pn0yS0ld13r

Yes it can. Remember the properties of exponents, $\frac{x^a}{x^b}={x^{a-b}}$ .

So $\frac{24x^{6}y^{2}}{6x^{2}y} = {\frac{4x^{6}y^{2}}{x^{2}y}}={4x^{6-2}y^{2-1}}={4x^{4}y}$

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