Question

algebra 1 ASAP

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

3^4/3^4

This should be easy, since both numerator and denominator are same.

Answer 3

what did you get SadieK

Answer 4

for the first one I got "3"

I am not sure how to do the second one

Answer 5

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 6

For first one, how did you get 3?

Remember this property?

\(\Large\displaystyle \dfrac{a^m}{a^n} = a^{m-n}\)

Answer 7

3 isn't the correct answer

Answer 8

How do you do these? I am a little confused

Answer 9

what is x/x

Answer 10

what do you mean x/x? Do you mean the exponents? Or numbers?

Answer 11

x is any number (but zero)

so what is any number divided by itself

Answer 12

1

Answer 13

so 3^4 divided by itself is _____

Answer 14

1^4? or 1^1?

Answer 15

which all boils down to 1

Answer 16

you can also think of it as

3^4/3^4 = 3^(4-4) = 3^0 = 1

Answer 17

That makes sense! But then what next?

Answer 18

that's it, (3^4)/(3^4) is 1

Answer 19

Oh whoops sorry I was looking at the next problem's answer choices!

Answer 20

but then is it basically the same thing for the next problem?

Answer 21

yes

2^2/2^5 = 2^(2-5) = ...

Answer 22

2^-3

Answer 23

now you use the idea that