SOLUTION: please help me simlify this problem:{{{r^9(r^-5)/r^-2(r^-7)}}}

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Question 597479: please help me simlify this problem:
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Hi, there--
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Simplify

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When you multiply exponential expressions, you add their exponents: (r^9)(r^-5)=r^4 because 9+(-5)=4. Likewise, (r^-2)(r^-7)=r^-9
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When you divide exponential expressions you subtract there exponents: r^4/r^-9=r^13 because 4-(-9)=13.

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That's it!
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