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Example Question #16 : How To Divide Exponents
What is a simplified version of the expression below?
When exponents are divided, the exponent in the denominator is subtracted from the exponent in the numerator. Given that the exponent in the numerator is , and the exponent in the denominator is , the resulting exponent will be because . Thus, will be raised to an exponent of .
Meanwhile, will be divided by , resulting in .
Therefore, the answer is .
Example Question #101 : Numbers And Operations
What is the value of the expression below?
When values having the same base are divided, their exponents are subtracted.
Therefore, the correct answer is
Example Question #102 : Numbers And Operations
Simplify:
Example Question #21 : How To Divide Exponents
Simplify the following expression:
Simplify the following expression:
To solve this question, we need to recall that when dividing exponents we subtract them.
When dividing coefficients, we treat them as regular division.
In this case, we can break up our question into two parts:
The coefficients will simply reduce to "2", because 16 divided by 8 is two
The r's are another story. We subtract, so we will get the following:
So, if we put our two parts back together, we get:
Example Question #51 : Exponents
Simplify the following:
Simplify the following:
Let's begin by recalling that when dividing variables with similar base, we need to subtract the exponents.
To deal with the coefficients, simply treat them as a fraction and simplify.
So our answer is
Example Question #102 : Numbers And Operations
Simplify the expression:
Example Question #2 : How To Add Exponents
Simplify:
In order to add exponential terms, both the base and the exponent must be the same. So we can write:
Example Question #53 : Exponents
Evaluate:
Based on the zero-exponent rule we have:
That means any non-zero number raised to the zero power is equal to . So we can write:
Example Question #3 : How To Add Exponents
What is the value of the expression:
When values, having the same base, are multiplied by one another, the exponents are added together and the base stays the same.
Thus,
is equal to
Example Question #4 : How To Add Exponents
Simplify:
When multiplying exponents, the exponents are added together. Thus, 3 and 7 are added together for a sum of 10. In this problem, the "2" becomes a coefficient in front of the x. Therefore, the correct answer is: