Question

D to the 4th over d to the 6th the whole thing in parenthesis to the -2 on the outside of the parenthesis ??

Answer 1

do you want to solve or simplify this?

Answer 2

Simplify

Answer 3

do you know what a negative exponent does?

Answer 4

No

Answer 5

ok a negative exponent inverses a problem or flips it upside down

Answer 6

Yea I remember now so it would be d to the 12th over dot the 8th ??

Answer 7

I mean d to the 12th over d to the 8th

Answer 8

yes that is better like that, now simplify!

Answer 9

D to the 6th over d to the 4th

Answer 10

keep going

Answer 11

D to the 3rd over d to the 2nd

Answer 12

errr, I am not following how you got to that answer ... want to explain it :)

Answer 13

Because u simplify d to the 6th to d to the 3rd then d to the 4 is d to the 2

Answer 14

you are simplifying the exponents by pulling out a factor there, but that is not complete ... you need to consider what it may look like without the exponents.

Answer 15

How would you simplify that?

Answer 16

sorry put one too many Ds up in the numerator!

Answer 17

D to the 2nd

Answer 18

did you come up with an answer once you cross out the extra Ds?

Answer 19

d² you got it!

Answer 20

-2(d^4/d^6)
with the divide sign and the same base subtract the exponents
-2(d^-2)
distribute
-2d^-2
put one over all of it due to the - exponent
1/(-2d^2)
there's your answer

Answer 21

So pretty much u divided 8 by 4 but then how would u do my problem because they don't go into each other evenly

Answer 22

@zJicez @HANNAH89 check your math again

Answer 23

subtract the exponents from each other.

Answer 24

Oh I see thank you

Answer 25

yep

Answer 26

Well the 4 is on top and 6 is on bottom

Answer 27

So would the answer be d to the 4th

Answer 28

\[-2(\frac{d ^{4}}{ d ^{6} })\]
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