SOLUTION: How do you simplify (-2a^2/5b^8)^2 ?

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Question 4949: How do you simplify (-2a^2/5b^8)^2 ?
Answer by Abbey(339) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Everything inside the parentheses gets squared:
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