Question

How do you simplify `a^6/a^3`?

Answer 1

Use this rule for exponents to simplify: `x^color(red)(a)/x^color(blue)(b) = x^(color(red)(a)-color(blue)(b))`

`a^color(red)(6)/a^color(blue)(3) = a^(color(red)(6)-color(blue)(3)) = a^3`