SOLUTION: please simplify the expression (4t)^-2 t^0/t^6v^-8 Thank you.

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Question 1060409:
please simplify the expression (4t)^-2 t^0/t^6v^-8
Thank you.

Found 3 solutions by CubeyThePenguin, MathTherapy, greenestamps:
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(t/16)/(t^6 * v^(-8))
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Answer by MathTherapy(10551)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


please simplify the expression (4t)^-2 t^0/t^6v^-8
Thank you.
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Answer by greenestamps(13198)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


There are dozens of different paths for simplifying this expression. The other tutor has shown one perfectly good path.

I prefer to get rid of the negative exponents immediately; that avoids having fractions within the fraction -- e.g., in the numerator of the expression. So my path to the simplified expression would look something like this:

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Try simplifying expressions like this in different ways and find the way that you find easiest for you.


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