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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Simplify the ratio

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can you give the ratio that you need to simplify?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[\huge \frac{ 2^{\log_2^{1/4^{a}}}-3^{\log_{27}\left( a ^{2}-1 \right)^{3}-2a} }{ 7^{4\log_{49}^{a}}-a-1 }\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@ParthKohli

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@ganeshie8 @mathslover

Parth (parthkohli):

I'm not able to understand the question, but you have to use \(\large a^{\log b}= b^{\log a}\) for most of it.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes

Parth (parthkohli):

Then use it...

mathslover (mathslover):

Follow what Parth said.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

In the numerator i got -a-1

Parth (parthkohli):

I'm not even able to understand what it says. ;-; What's the first term in the numerator? Is that the log of \(1/4 a\) or \(1/4^a\)?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The latter one

Parth (parthkohli):

The second term would become \(\left(\left(a^2 - 1\right)^3\right)^{\log_{27}3} = a^2 - 1\).

Parth (parthkohli):

And wait, is it \(\frac{1}{4}a\) or \(\frac{1}{4a}\)?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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Parth (parthkohli):

Oh, then the first term would simplify to \(\dfrac{1}{4^a}\)

mathslover (mathslover):

Well. you need to get your algebra skills here...

Parth (parthkohli):

The denominator would become \(a^2 - a - 1\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

How did you simiplify the denominator

Parth (parthkohli):

\[\large 7^{4\log_{49} a}\]\[\large = 7^{\log_{49}(a^4)}\]\[\large = \left(a^4\right)^{\log_{49}7}\]\[= a^{2}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how did you take a^4 down

Parth (parthkohli):

\[\large \boxed{a^{\log b} = b^{\log a}}\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay

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