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Simplify 12 to the 16th power over 12 to the 4th power. 1212 124 112 14

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Answer:


12^(12)

Step-by-step explanation:

User Vidhyanand
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Greetings from Brasil...

Here's our problem:


\large{(12^(16))/(12^(4))}

From potentiation properties:

Mᵃ ÷ Mᵇ = Mᵃ⁻ᵇ

division of power of the same base: I repeat the base and subtract the exponents

Bringing to our problem

12¹⁶ ÷ 12⁴

12¹⁶⁻⁴

12¹²

User Xiaojun Chen
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