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Question 23157: I am soon to be going back to college and its been awhile since I've had math to do. I have tried this problem many ways and maybe I am missing it by a silly step... But i need your help please... this is to help prepare me for an entrance exam.
Simplify.
Big Bracket ( 2X with 7 exponent y with 2 exponent )
__________________________________________ outside bracket 3 exponent
4xy with 3 exponent
=
this is read 2x with an exponent of 7 times y with an exponent of 2 divided by 4xy with an exponent of 3 .... then outside the brackets exponent of 3.
Please help!
Thanks Ashley Answer by rapaljer(4671) (Show Source):
Maybe if this is NOT what you meant, you can use this illustration to re-state your problem and resubmit it.
It might be a good idea to split this rather LARGE problem into three smaller problems:
Each of these smaller fractions reduces:
Remember that a negative exponent, does NOT mean that the answer is negative! Rather, it means that you have a fraction with numerator of 1, and a positive denominator. In this instance, .
