Question

What is the simplified form of y to the fifth power over x all over y-squared over x-squared ?

Answer 1

\[\frac{ \frac{ a }{ b } }{ \frac{ c }{ d } }=\frac{ a }{ b } \times \frac{ d }{ c }\]

Answer 2

So would it be y^7/x^3

Answer 3

\[\frac{ \frac{ y ^{5} }{ x ^{2} } }{ \frac{ y ^{2}} { x ^{2} } }\]
is this what you started with?

Answer 4

oops, x instead of x squared under y to the fifth

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

okay, then look
\[\frac{ \frac{ y ^{5} }{ x } }{ \frac{ y ^{2} }{ x ^{2} } }=\frac{ y ^{5} }{ x } \times \frac{ x ^{2} }{ y ^{2} }=?\]

Answer 7

So you multiply across right?

Answer 8

yep

Answer 9

you can cancel from top to bottom since it's all multiplication before multiplying across, if you want

Answer 10

ohh so its xy^3

Answer 11

you got it!

Answer 12

Thank you :)

Answer 13

you're welcome!