Answer:
, ? = 6
Explanation:
We are given instructions by the problem. When dividing exponential expressions with the same base, we can find the difference (subtraction) between the exponents and keep the base.

But why does this work?
Let us write it out.

Now, 12 divided by 12 (aka
) is equal to 1.

And anything times one is itself. Then, we can rewrite this as 12 to the power of 6 because we are multiplying 12 by itself 6 times.
