Question

** PLEASE HELP WILL MEDAL **
Evaluating Expressions with Exponents: Please simplify
I will attach below!!

Answer 1

HI!!

Answer 2

you have a couple of choices
one is to first multiply each exponent inside the parentheses by \(-4\)
maybe that is the easiest

Answer 3

you should get \[\huge \frac{r^{20}s^{12}}{r^{-32}s^8}\]

Answer 4

does that look right?
( you are not done yet)

Answer 5

Yes that's what I got!! Thank you! @misty1212

Answer 6

got logged out, sorry
still not done though right?

Answer 7

the \(r^{-32}\) comes up to the numerator as \(r^{32}\)

Answer 8

and \[\frac{s^{12}}{s^8}=s^{12-8}=s^4\]

Answer 9

so you end up with \[r^{20}r^{32}s^4\] then add the exponents for the \(r\) terms

Answer 10

Perfect! I just needed to simplify the first part but I got it! @misty1212