Question

Which of the following is equivalent to x^5y^2/xy^2

x^6y^5
x^5y
x^4y
x^4

Answer 1

Subtraction amongst common exponents like this is suggested with these kinds of problems because of the division aspect of it.

x^5y^2 / xy^2 = x^4

Subtracting the exponents you see that:

5 - 1 = 4
2 - 2 = 0

Answer 2

subtract the exponents

Answer 3

a^b/a^c=a^(b-c) use this property

Answer 4

Yeah, but I wasnt sure if it would be 5-1 or 5-0?

Answer 5

@ Blurbendy?^^^^^

Answer 6

Nevermind. I just took the test and the answer was d. but i put c...