SOLUTION: use the fifth property of exponent and simplify: {{{ ( (y^5)^3(y^3)^2 )/( (y^4)^4) }}}

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Question 93565: use the fifth property of exponent and simplify:


Answer by Edwin McCravy(20086)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

use the fifth property of exponent and simplify:

 

Multiply exponents across a parentheses to remove them.

That is, 

1. multiply the exponent 5 by the exponent 3 in 
the first factor on top to get an exponent of 15.

2. multiply the exponent 3 by the exponent 2 in 
the second factor on top to get an exponent of 6.

3. multiply the exponent 4 by the exponent 4 in 
the bottom to get an exponent of 16.



Now multiply on top by adding the exponents on top 
15+6 to get an exponent of 21 on top:



Now divide by subtracting the exponents 21-16 to
get an exponent of 5



Edwin