How do you simplify (-24fg)/(30f^2) ?

1 Answer
May 20, 2016

= (-4 g) / (5f)

Explanation:

(-24fg)/(30f^2

= (-24 * f * g)/(30 * f^2

= (-cancel24 /cancel30) * (f / f^2) * g

= (-4 /5) * (f / f^2) * g

  • applying property color(blue)(a^m/a^n = a ^(m-n to exponents involving f:

= (-4 /5) * f ^ ( 1 -2 ) * g

= (-4 /5) * f ^ ( -1 ) * g

= -(4 g) / (5f)