What is y to the fourth power over y?

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#y^4 /y#

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-18T22:08:16

#y^3#

Recall that two terms with the same base and different exponents can be simplified as follows:

#x^a/x^b=x^(a-b)#, IE, we just subtract the exponents.

So,

#y^4/y=y^4/y^1=y^(4-1)=y^3#