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Which expression is equivalent to the answer and show work pls I am force to write it down :,)

Which expression is equivalent to the answer and show work pls I am force to write-example-1
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Answer:

Last option:


(4x^4y^2)/(z)

Explanation:

Original expression is


(12x^6y^(-4)z^2)/(3x^2y^(-6)z^3)\\\\

Let us eliminate the obvious wrong answers


(12)/(3) = 4\\\\

so the coefficient in the answer should be 4.

We can eliminate first and third choices

Now for each term with the same variable, compute the division

(x^6)/(x^2) = x^(6-2) = x^4\\\\

Second choice is out so the last choice is the correct one.

We can go further with the other terms


(y^(-4))/(y^(-6)) = y^(-4 - (-6)) = y ^(-4+6) = y^2


(z^2)/(z^3) = z^(2-3) = z^(-1) = (1)/(z)

Multiplying all these individual terms gives

4 \cdot x^4 \cdot y^2 \cdot (1)/(z)\\\\= (4x^4y^2)/(z)

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