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Simplify: 4x^-3/-8x^-4

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To simplify the expression


(4x^(-3))/(-8x^(-4))

we make use of a property of exponents that


(x^a)/(x^b)=x^(a-b)

Using the above property, our expression can be written as


-(4)/(8)x^(-3-(-4))

which simplifies to


\begin{gathered} -(1)/(2)x^1 \\ \end{gathered}
=-(x)/(2)

which is our answer!

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