How do you simplify $(15d^4g^5)/(-3dg)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-06-24T14:23:10

The answer is $-5d^3g^4$ . See below for an explanation!

Let's remind ourselves of a key exponent rule:

$a^b/a^c=a^(b-c)$

Using this, we can get rid of the variables in the denominator:

$d^4/d=d^(4-1)=d^3$
$g^5/g=g^(5-1)=g^4$

We now have $(15d^3g^4)/-3$ . All we have to do is divide by $-3$ to get our final answer, $-5d^3g^4$ .

Hope this helps!

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