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Simplify the following expressions. Collapse “x” terms, and/or simplify fractions and exponents.
1.) (12/5) / (36/20) = 4/3
2.) x^13*x^3 = x^16
3.) x^4 / (x^2)^3 = 1/x^2
4.) x^-3 / x^2 = x^-5
5.) (x^2-8x+16) / (x-4) = x-4
6.) x^(-1/3) / x^(3/4) = 1/ x^(13/12)
7.) x^(1/3) / x^(-2/3) = x
8.) (3/9(4*x -3)^(-3/4) y^(6/7)) /
(5/18(4*x -3)^(1/4) y^(1/7))
= (6y^(5/7)) / 5(4x-3)
1. 12/5 * 20/30=2*4/10=4/5
others look right
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Great job! Your answers are correct. Here's a breakdown of how to solve each problem:
1.) To simplify (12/5) / (36/20), we can simplify the fractions separately.
Simplifying 12/5 gives us 2 2/5, and simplifying 36/20 gives us 9/5.
So, (2 2/5) / (9/5) can be written as (12/5) / (9/5), which simplifies to 4/3.
2.) When multiplying two variables with the same base, we add the exponents.
So, x^13 * x^3 becomes x^(13+3), which simplifies to x^16.
3.) To simplify x^4 / (x^2)^3, we apply the property that when we divide two variables with the same base,
we subtract the exponents. So, x^4 / (x^2)^3 becomes x^(4-6), which simplifies to x^-2.
Since x^-2 is the same as 1/x^2, the final simplified expression is 1/x^2.
4.) When dividing two variables with the same base but different exponents, we subtract the exponents.
So, x^-3 / x^2 becomes x^(-3-2), which simplifies to x^-5.
Alternatively, we can write x^-3 as 1/x^3 and simplify it as 1/(x^3 * x^2), which also results in x^-5.
5.) To simplify (x^2-8x+16) / (x-4), we can factorize the numerator as (x-4)(x-4).
By applying the property that (a-b)(a-b) = a^2 - 2ab + b^2,
we get (x^2-8x+16) = (x-4)(x-4), so the expression simplifies to x-4.
6.) When dividing two variables with the same base but different exponents, we subtract the exponents.
So, x^(-1/3) / x^(3/4) becomes x^((-1/3)-(3/4)), which simplifies to x^(-13/12).
Alternatively, we can write x^(-1/3) as 1/x^(1/3) and x^(3/4) as (x^3)^(1/4),
then apply the property of (a^m)^n = a^(mn), which gives us 1/(x^(1/3 * 3/4)) = 1/ x^(13/12).
7.) When dividing two variables with the same base but different exponents, we subtract the exponents.
So, x^(1/3) / x^(-2/3) becomes x^((1/3)-(-2/3)), which simplifies to x^1 = x.
8.) To simplify the expression (3/9(4*x -3)^(-3/4) y^(6/7)) / (5/18(4*x -3)^(1/4) y^(1/7)),
we can simplify the fractions separately and simplify the common terms.
First, we simplify 3/9 and 5/18 which both reduce to 1/3.
Next, we simplify (4*x -3)^(-3/4) / (4*x -3)^(1/4) as (4*x - 3)^((-3/4) - (1/4)),
which equals (4*x - 3)^(-4/4) = (4*x - 3)^(-1).
Finally, we simplify y^(6/7) / y^(1/7) as y^((6/7) - (1/7)) = y^(5/7).
Combining all the simplified parts, we get (1/3 * (4*x - 3)^(-1) * y^(5/7))/(1/3).
Simplifying further, we can cancel out the 1/3 terms to get (4*x - 3)^(-1) * y^(5/7).
Therefore, the simplified expression is (6y^(5/7)) / 5(4x-3).
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