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Write an equivalent expression so that each factor has a single power. Let m, n, and p be numbers.

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Answer:

a^m-n

Explanation:

If we have the expression m^a / m^n, we can use exponent rules to simplify this.

Exponent rules say that x^a / x^b = x^a-b. In this case, x is a, a is m and b is n, so the same rule applied here.

So a^m / a^m will be equal to a^m-n

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