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How do you solve this problem?

How do you solve this problem?-example-1
User Maysi
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What you need to do is subtract the exponents because you are multiplying
a³ b⁶
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a⁶ b³ = a⁻³ b ³ But you can't have a negative exponent so you need to put in in the denominator

____ <---- that's your answer
User Marc Wouts
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OK so basically when you are dividing in this type of problem you are going to subtract so a^ 3 - a^6 is a ^ -3 and for b you are going to subtract as well so b^ 6 - b ^ 3 is b^ 3 so your final answer will result in a^-3 - b ^ 3 hoped that helped :)
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