How do you simplify $p^5divp^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-01-03T01:15:17

See full simplification process below:

First, we rewrite this expression as:

$p^5/p^2$

Next we can use this rule of exponents to simplify:

$x^color(red)(a)/x^color(blue)(b) = x^(color(red)(a) - color(blue)(b))$

Substituting gives:

$p^color(red)(5)/p^color(blue)(2) = p^(color(red)(5) - color(blue)(2)) = p^3$

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