Question

im confused with manipulating powers. For example how would you go along answering 12xto the 5th power over 3xto the seventh power?

Answer 1

\[12x^{5}/3x ^{7}\]

Answer 2

The rule to use here is\[\frac{x^a}{x^b}=x^{a-b}\]and the coefficients you can just divide normally.

Answer 3

oh. thank you!