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Choose the correct simplification

Choose the correct simplification-example-1
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To simplify this fraction, let's start with the x^12/x^2. To simplify the x's, you are going to subtract the exponent in the denominator from the exponent in the numerator (12-2=10). To simplify the y's, we are going to do the same process we did before and do 11-4 to get 7. Then, we are going to put the values we found as the new exponents to get x^10z^7 (first choice) which is the final answer.

I hope this helps.
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