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(b^3/-2a^4)^3

2007-02-10 16:04:30 · 6 answers · asked by Help please 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

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Simplify: (b^3/-2a^4)^3

First: distribute the exponent "3" with the term in the numerator....

*When you have a variable with an exponent raised to another - multiply the exponents....

b^(3*3)
b^9

Sec: distribute the exponent with the term in the denominator....

(- 2a^4)^3
- 2^3a^(4*3)
(-2)(-2)(-2)(a^12)
(-2)(4)(a^12)
- 8a^12

Third: combine the new results...

(b^9)/(- 8a^12)

2007-02-10 16:52:30 · answer #1 · answered by ♪♥Annie♥♪ 6 · 0 1

You can take the top and bottom of the fraction to the 3rd power without changing the answer.

(b^3)^3 = b^9 because you multiply the two exponents.

-2 ^3 = -8

(a^4)^3 = a^12

So your answer is: b^9 / -8a^12

2007-02-11 00:10:31 · answer #2 · answered by jflinca 2 · 0 0

cube the top and the bottom and remember that when you raise a power to a power, the exponents multiply

b^3^3 = b^9
(-2a^4)^3 = -8a^12

b^9/-8a^12

2007-02-11 00:09:17 · answer #3 · answered by radne0 5 · 0 0

The question you have can be:
(1) (b^3/-2(a^4))^3

or

(2) (b^3/(-2a)^4)^3

(m^z)^y = m^(z*y)

For (1):
(b^3/-2(a^4))^3 = b^(3*3)/(-2)^3.a^(4*3) = b^9/-8.a^12

For (2):
(b^3/(-2a)^4)^3 = b^(3*3)/((-2)^4.a^4)^3 = b^9/(16.a^4)^3 = b^9/4096.a^12

If the original question looks EXACTLY like your question (without any additional parentheses) then the answer is as in (1).

2007-02-11 00:21:14 · answer #4 · answered by badaasaab 2 · 0 1

That's like (x/y)^3, which is x^3/y^3

So (b^3)^3 / (-2a^4)^3
= b^9 / -8a^12

2007-02-11 00:08:41 · answer #5 · answered by Tim P. 5 · 0 0

Within brackets
(!@#$%^&*)

2007-02-11 00:08:13 · answer #6 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0 2

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