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OpenStudy (vane11):

Decided to upload a pic since it'd be confusing to write it out I got stuck about halfway

OpenStudy (vane11):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\frac{(m^4z^3)^{-2}}{(m^5z)^{-1}}\]?

OpenStudy (vane11):

yep :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you can start any way you like, but maybe the simplest method is to flip everything and make the exponents positive

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\frac{(m^5z)}{(m^4z^3)^2}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

now multiply each exponent in the denominator by 2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\frac{m^5z}{m^8z^6}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

then cancel away \[\frac{1}{m^3z^5}\] will finish it

OpenStudy (vane11):

thanks! I had forgotten about the flipping around and was trying to do it the original way which was much more confusing

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah sometimes it is not clear what is easiest to do first

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