SOLUTION: Simplify: a: (12^x +1)/(6^2x + 3^x). Answer is 1/3^x b: (12^n - 18^n)/(3^n - 2^n) Answer is -2^n * 3^n

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Question 1178400: Simplify:
a: (12^x +1)/(6^2x + 3^x). Answer is 1/3^x
b: (12^n - 18^n)/(3^n - 2^n) Answer is -2^n * 3^n

Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


a:

Rewrite as and then as and then as

Finish on your own from there.

b:

Rewrite as , and rewrite as

Again finish on your own from there.


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