SOLUTION: Simplify: (a^-4b^3)/(a^4b) (a^-3b^-6)/(a^-5b^0)

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Question 1037929: Simplify:
(a^-4b^3)/(a^4b)
(a^-3b^-6)/(a^-5b^0)
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simplify:
%28a%5E-4b%5E3%29%2F%28a%5E4b%29
Combine exponents of like terms, in a manner that give positive exponents
%28b%5E%28%283-1%29%29%29%2F%28a%5E%28%284%2B4%29%29%29 b%5E2%2Fa%5E8
:
%28a%5E-3b%5E-6%29%2F%28a%5E-5b%5E0%29
any term with a 0 exponent is 1
a%5E%28%28-3%2B5%29%29%2Fb%5E6 = a%5E2%2Fb%5E6