Simplify (2²a³b²)/(4²b⁵)?

1 Answer
Feb 14, 2017

(2²a³b²)/(4²b⁵)=a^3/(4b^3)

Explanation:

(2²a³b²)/(4²b⁵)

= (color(blue)(2xx2)xxaxxaxxaxxcolor(red)(bxxb))/(color(blue)(2xx2)xx2xx2xxcolor(red)(bxxb)xxbxxbxxb)

= (cancel(color(blue)(2xx2))xxaxxaxxaxxcancel(color(red)(bxxb)))/(cancel(color(blue)(2xx2))xx2xx2xxcancel(color(red)(bxxb))xxbxxbxxb)

= a^3/(4b^3)