Question

g^-8j^6m/g^7j^-4m^9

Answer 1

Is this problem like:
\[\frac{ g ^{-8}j ^{6}m }{ g ^{7}j ^{-4}m ^{9} }\]

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

Good...

So, you can cancel terms on top and bottom by looking at their exponents.

when you have a term with a negative exponent, it is equivalent to a term on the "other side" with the same positive exponent.

Answer 4

like the g terms...
g^-8 on top
g^7 on bottom

g^-8 on top is equivalent to g^8 on bottom,
so on bottom you have g^8 * g^7 = g^15

Answer 5

yeah that what i got

Answer 6

Did you do something similar for the j term?

neg 4 exponent on bottom, +6 exponent on top....

result, j^10 on top

Answer 7

yes. and with the m's i got -8

Answer 8

m^-8 on top, right?

if your m's were one bottom, they would be m^8

Answer 9

that's really all there is... just moving terms up or down and adjusting exponents.

some problems require "only positive exponents" which means if you had m^-8 on top, you need to move it to bottom as "m^8 in the denominator" to be correctly expressed.

The answers are mathematically equivalent, but the form in which they are expressed is different... doesn't matter unless the question requires a certain form

Answer 10

so the answer would be j^10/g^15m^8

Answer 11

that's what I think it is...

Answer 12

oh thanks