SOLUTION: use the laws of exponents to simplify 6^5/8 / 6^3/8 ^ means it is raising to that power. The / means fractions. So it is 6 being raised to the 5/8 power(numerator) over

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Question 468000: use the laws of exponents to simplify
6^5/8 / 6^3/8

^ means it is raising to that power. The / means fractions. So it is 6 being raised to the 5/8 power(numerator) over 6 raised to the 3/8 power (denominator)

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use the laws of exponents to simplify
6^5/8 / 6^3/8
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When dividing, subtract the exponent in the denominator
6^(5/8) / 6^(3/8) = 6%5E%285%2F8+-+3%2F8%29+=+6%5E%281%2F4%29