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Simplifying Using the Power and Quotient Properties
Simplify by combining the Power Property and the Quotient Property for Exponents.
Start with the expression .
- Apply the Power Property to the numerator. The numerator contains a power raised to a power: . Multiply the exponents: , so . The expression becomes .
- Apply the Quotient Property. Both the numerator and denominator share the base , and the numerator exponent is greater than the denominator exponent . Subtract: .
The result is . This example illustrates a Power-then-Quotient sequence: first simplify any power-of-a-power expressions in the numerator or denominator, then apply the Quotient Property to the resulting single powers.
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