SOLUTION: simplify (-2a^0)^3 / 2a^-4*a i get -4a^4/a i think answer is -4a^4 why? what happened to the a in the denominator

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Question 657400: simplify
(-2a^0)^3 / 2a^-4*a
i get -4a^4/a
i think answer is -4a^4
why? what happened to the a in the denominator

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