SOLUTION: Simplify (-2a^2 b^3)^2/(2a^2 b)^3

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Question 150543: Simplify (-2a^2 b^3)^2/(2a^2 b)^3
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression.


Expand to get


Expand to get


Collect and combine the three "b"s in the denominator to get



Highlight the common terms.


Cancel out the common terms.


Simplify


Multiply


So simplifies to


In other words, where or

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