SOLUTION: Please help me with this.... reduce the fraction {{{-20t^5u^2v^3/48t^7u^4v}}}

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Question 39894: Please help me with this....
reduce the fraction -20t%5E5u%5E2v%5E3%2F48t%5E7u%5E4v

Found 2 solutions by fractalier, checkley71:
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Treat each part of this problem as its own little mini-problem, so we get
-20t^5u^2v^3 / 48t^7u^4v =
(-20/48)(t^5/t^7)(u^2/u^4)(v^3/v) =
(-5/12)(1/t^2)(1/u^2)(v^2) =
-5v^2 / 12t^2u^2
Of course you don't have to separate it like I showed you...I did that to show you what I mean...

Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(5V~2)/(8T~2U~2)