SOLUTION: Please help me with this homework problem!!!! (3x^0)(-2x)^4/24x^5

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Question 31645: Please help me with this homework problem!!!!
(3x^0)(-2x)^4/24x^5
Answer by mukhopadhyay(490) About Me  (Show Source):
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(3x^0)(-2x)^4/(24x^5)
= [(3*1){(-2x)^4}]/(24x^5)
= (3){(-2)^4)}(x^4)/(24x^5)
= 3*16*x^4/(24x^5)
= (48/24)[x^(4-5)]
= 2x^-1
= 2/x
Answer: 2/x