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Finding the Quotient 30m5n1148m10n14\frac{30m^5n^{11}}{48m^{10}n^{14}}

Divide two monomials in a single step by simultaneously simplifying the coefficient and subtracting the exponents for each variable: 30m5n1148m10n14\frac{30m^5n^{11}}{48m^{10}n^{14}}.

Simplify the coefficient and apply the Quotient Property. The coefficients 3030 and 4848 share the common factor 66: 3048=58\frac{30}{48} = \frac{5}{8}. For mm: since 10>510 > 5, the variable mm stays in the denominator with exponent 105=510 - 5 = 5. For nn: since 14>1114 > 11, the variable nn stays in the denominator with exponent 1411=314 - 11 = 3.

Putting all the pieces together yields 58m5n3\frac{5}{8m^5n^3}.

The quotient is 58m5n3\frac{5}{8m^5n^3}.

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