How do you simplify $(t^0s^-2) / k$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-17T10:48:05

$1/(ks^2)$

Simplifying requires some of the laws of indices.

$color(magenta)(x^0 = 1) " "0^0 " is undefined"$

$color(blue)(x^-m = 1/(x^m)) " makes negative indices positive"$

Apply these two laws.

$(color(magenta)(t^0)color(blue)((s^-2))) / k = color(magenta)(1)/(kcolor(blue)(s^2)$ ?

= $1/(ks^2)$

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