document.write( "Question 770327: Please help me solve this: x^5 / x^6. I attempted to combine the like terms but I am not completely sure how the division bracket affects the variables. Are they now different? Thank you. \n" ); document.write( "
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Please help me solve this: x^5 / x^6. I attempted to combine the like terms but I am not completely sure how the division bracket affects the variables. Are they now different?
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\n" ); document.write( "Equations are solved. This is not an equation.
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\n" ); document.write( "It can be simplified.
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E5%2Fx%5E6+=+x%5E5%2F%28%28x%5E5%29%2A%28x%5E1%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Cancel the x^5
\n" ); document.write( "= \"1%2Fx\" or \"x%5E-1\"
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