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Algebra help please!!! (Dividing powers)

An important source of food for whales, seals, and penguins that live in and around Antarctica is a shrimp-like crustacean called krill. Suppose a group of research scientists estimate that there are approximately 3^15 individual krill in a 3^7 cubic meter section of the Antarctic Ocean. About how many krill are there per cubic meter in this part of the ocean?

Pls show all work so I can better understand it, thx :)

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3^(15)\text{ krill in }3^(7)\text{ m}^3

So
(3^(15))/(3^7)=3^(15-7)=3^(8)\text{ krill in 1m}^3
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