Question

B7
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b6

Multiply or divide as indicated.

Answer 1

Answer:
`b`

Explanation:

You need to remember a property called "Quotient of powers property". This property states the following:

`(a^m)/(a^n)=a^((m-n))`

You can observe that the bases of the expression
`(b^7)/(b^6)` are equal, then you can apply the property mentioned before.

Therefore, you can make the division indicated in the exercise.

Then you get this result:

`(b^7)/(b^6)=b^((7-6))=b`

Answer 2

For this case we have the following expression:

`\frac {b ^ 7} {b ^ 6}`

By definition of division of powers of the same base, we have to place the same base and subtract the exponents, that is:

`\frac {a ^ m} {a ^ n} = a ^ {n-m}`

So:

`\frac {b ^ 7} {b ^ 6} = b ^ {7-6} = b ^ 1 = b`

Answer:

b