Question

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Answer 1

@tcarroll010 can't you just simplify without any formulas?

Answer 2

Remember the properties of dividing exponentials with the same base:
\[\frac{a^m}{a^n} = a^{m-n}\]and you might also use \[a^{-n} = \frac{1}{a^n}\]
So we have really two things multiplied together which we can simplify separately and then combine:
\[\frac{p^4}{p}*\frac{q^2}{q^6}\]

Answer 3

ooooh. Thank you!!!

Answer 4

@MandaLola1122 What do you get for your final result?

Answer 5

\[p ^{5}q ^{8}\]

Answer 6

No... We are dividing so we subtract the exponents, not add (that's multiplication).

Perhaps it would be clearer if illustrated by expanding the numerator and denominator.
\[\frac{p^4}{p}*\frac{q^2}{q^6} = \frac{p*p*p*p}{p}*\frac{q*q}{q*q*q*q*q*q}\]Does that look like it will simplify to your answer?