my worksheet says to simplify this problem, could you please help me? thank you
Indicate the exponent of 4 on top as 1, so
every factor inside the parentheses will
have its exponent showing:
To remove the parentheses on top, multiply
each exponent inside the parentheses by
the outer exponent, 3:
To get rid of the negative exponents,
1. Move the from top to bottom
and change the exponent from
negative to positive, so that we will have
as a factor on the bottom.
2. Move the from bottom to top
and change the exponent from
negative to positive, so that we will have
as a factor on the top.
To multiply the exponential factors in the
top, add their exponents =
and to multiply the exponential factors in
the bottom, add their exponents =
Now replace the with
Finally divide the 64 and the 20 both by 4
Edwin