SOLUTION: Simplify: (a^(n+1)*3^(n+1))/(a^n*3^n)

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Question 1009108: Simplify:
(a^(n+1)*3^(n+1))/(a^n*3^n)
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Okay from
%28a%5E%28n%2B1%29%2A3%5E%28n%2B1%29%29%2F%28a%5En%2A3%5En%29
we can cancel the entire denominator...and get
= 3a
The reason we can do this is to note that
a%5E%28n%2B1%29+=+a%5En+%2A+a%5E1