Question

can someone show me hot to find the quotient for 8a^6/2a^3

Answer 1

8 divided by 2 = 4

Answer 2

a^6 divided by a^3 is a^3 (you subtract the exponents)

Answer 3

so the final quotient is 4a^3

Answer 4

oh awessome! i did it right!!!!

Answer 5

ok that's great

Answer 6

what about one like...
-9m^7n^4/-3m^4n^3

Answer 7

-9 divided by -3 = ???

Answer 8

3

Answer 9

m^7 divided by m^4 = ??

Answer 10

i thought you subtract the exponents

Answer 11

you do

Answer 12

so what do you get

Answer 13

3m^3n?????

Answer 14

very good

Answer 15

you nailed it

Answer 16

YAYYYY! okay wait what about doing one likeee...
simplifying (4p^3/3q^2)^2

Answer 17

square each term

Answer 18

so square 4p^3 to get ???

Answer 19

16p^6

Answer 20

now square 3q^2

Answer 21

9q^4

Answer 22

then 16 times 9?

Answer 23

no it's a fraction remember?

Answer 24

OHHHH

Answer 25

waqit so just leave i as a fraction.. like
16p^6/9q^4

Answer 26

exactly

Answer 27

hmmmm okay. what about one that as simple as (-10)^3 just evaluating that..

Answer 28

pr 2^-4

Answer 29

or*

Answer 30

(-10)^3 is just -1000

Answer 31

you cube 10 and make it negative

Answer 32

oh alright...so for the second one how would i do that

Answer 33

for the second one you would use the idea that

x^(-k) = 1/(x^k)

Answer 34

so

2^(-4) = 1/(2^4) = ???

Answer 35

wait..... what?

Answer 36

In other words, I did this