Question

How do you simplify `(6qr^3)/(-2q^5r)`?

Answer 1

You can write numbers, `q`'s and `r`''s apart

Explanation:

`=-6/2xxq/q^5xxr^3/r`

Then split up the powers of `q` and `r`
`=-3xx(cancelq)/(cancelqxxq^4)xx(cancelrxxr^2)/cancelr`

`=-(3r^2)/q^4`