SOLUTION: Divide and simplify. a^2/a^15

Question 132840: Divide and simplify.
a^2/a^15

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression.

Remember when you divide monomials, you subtract their corresponding exponents. For instance

Simplify.

Now rewrite as

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Answer:

So simplifies to .

In other words, .
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