Question

How do you simplify `(1/2) /( x^3y^3)`?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

We can rewrite this expression as:

`(1/2)/((x^3y^3)/1)`

We can now use this rule for dividing fractions to simplify this expression:

`(color(red)(a)/color(blue)(b))/(color(green)(c)/color(purple)(d)) = (color(red)(a) xx color(purple)(d))/(color(blue)(b) xx color(green)(c))`

`(color(red)(1)/color(blue)(2))/(color(green)(s^3y^3)/color(purple)(1)) = (color(red)(1) xx color(purple)(1))/(color(blue)(2) xx color(green)(x^3y^3)) => 1/(2x^3y^3)`