SOLUTION: Simplify -12x 2nd power y - 9x 5 powery 2 power - 15 xy4 power/-3xy

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-12x 2nd power y - 9x 5 powery 2 power - 15 xy4 power/-3xy

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


Break up the fraction


Divide the variables. Remember when you divide monomials, you subtract their corresponding exponents.


Simplify. Remember to reduce the coefficients.


Remove the exponents of 1 since .


Remove the terms with the exponents of 0 since .


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Answer:
So simplifies to



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