Question

24x4y
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3x-4y-1

Which of the following is the simplest form of the expression above? Select one of the options below as your answer: A. 8 B. 8x^-16y^-1 C. 8x^-1y^-1 D. 8x^8y^2

Answer 1

24x4y
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3x-4y-1

Is that equation typed correctly?
Shouldn't the numerator be something like
24x + 4y or 24x -4y?

Answer 2

none of the answers work
tried reverse engineering the numerator from each answer times denominator... nothin

Answer 3

got it!
equation is:
( 24 * x^4 * y)
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(3 * x^-4 * y^-1)

\[\frac{ 24x^4 y }{3x^{-4}y^{-1}}\]

Answer 4

so split into like terms; equals:
24/3 * x^4 / x^-4 * y / y^-1

\[\frac{ 24 }{ 3 } \times \frac{ x^4 }{ x^{-4} } \times \frac{ y }{ y^{-1} } \]
but
\[\frac{ x^4 }{ x^{-4} } = \frac{ x^4 \times x^4 }{ 1 } \]
and
\[\frac{ y }{ y^{-1} } = \frac{ y \times y}{ 1 }\]
so reduces to:
\[\frac{ 24 }{ 3 } \times x^4 \times x^4 \times { {y} \times y} \]
can you solve from here @8lue8lood ?

Answer 5

d