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(26x^3y^
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(26x^3y^
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Question 442513: It's been a long time since I've done algebra and I'm trying to help a friend in another state over the phone understand what they are doing. They read a problem to me:
(26x^3y^4)/(-13xy^8)
we broke it down to
(26/-13)(x^3/x)(y^4/y^8) = -2x^2y^-4
at this point they tell me their sample shows the answer as:
(2x^2)/y^4
and I come up with (-2x^2)/y^4
What am I not remembering about getting rid of the negative sign? Their instructions are to come up with an answer with no negative signs.
Thanks.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! It's been a long time since I've done algebra and I'm trying to help a friend in another state over the phone understand what they are doing. They read a problem to me:
(26x^3y^4)/(-13xy^8)
we broke it down to
(26/-13)(x^3/x)(y^4/y^8) = -2x^2y^-4
at this point they tell me their sample shows the answer as:
(2x^2)/y^4
and I come up with (-2x^2)/y^4
What am I not remembering about getting rid of the negative sign?
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YOU are correct. The type-setter dropped the negative sign.
Cheers,
Stan H.
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