SOLUTION: please show me how to do this equation 24x^3y^5 over......40x^7y^2 thanks a bunch.

Question 187161: please show me how to do this equation

24x^3y^5 over......40x^7y^2

thanks a bunch.

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

Expand. Note: (there are 3 x's and 5 y's) and (there are 7 x's and 2 y's)

Highlight the common terms.

Cancel out the common terms.

Simplify.

Regroup and multiply.

So simplifies to .

In other words, where or

Note: this is the long way to solve this type of problem, but it helps you visualize what's going on.

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