Question 38046: Find the indicated quotients. Express final results using positive integral exponents only.
(24x^-4)(y^-9)/(8x^-7)(y^-1) Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Remember that negative exponents on top become positive exponents on the bottom and that negative exponents on bottom become positive on top. Thus with
(24x^-4)(y^-9) / (8x^-7)(y^-1)
all of them shift postion (since they are all negative) and we get
24(x^7)(y) / 8(x^4)(y^9)
Now cancel where possible
3x^3 / y^8
and we're done
