SOLUTION: 10a^-8b^-2/4a^3b^5

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Question 666741: 10a^-8b^-2/4a^3b^5
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Knowing negative exponents are the inverse of the exponent
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Knowing that dividing is the same a multiplying the inverse,
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Multiplying expoenents is like adding them
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