The work to get this answer is as follows:
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- First, take care of the numbers to see if they can be simplified
at all. In this case the number in the numerator is 18 while the number
in the denominator is 3. These numbers can be simplified.
- Second, after you take care of the numbers, what you have left is
what I consider to be the constant part of the resultant because it
does not involve variables and can just be multiplied to the
variable part for the final resultant.
- Next, it is time to handle the variable part.
- Notice that the N and M variables are both unique, only appearing
once each. While the X and Y variables appear in both the numerator
and denominator.
- That means that we already have some of the variable part of the
answer; (N^8)/(M^2). Next step is to take care of the other variables.
- Let's take care of the X variable first, it doesn't matter which
one you take care of first. On the top we have X^3 while we have X^5
on the bottom. Now to do division of the two powers you would normally
subtract the bottom variable's exponent from the top variable's
exponent. The result of that would be on the top of the fraction. But
what if we were to switch that, and instead subtract the top variable's
exponent from the bottom variable's exponent? The result should
then go to the denominator, which it would. This means that in this
case, where the exponent of the variable in the denominator is
bigger than the exponent of the variable in the numerator, it would
work out better if we were to subtract the exponent of the variable
in the numerator from the exponent of the variable in the denominator.
The result would then be X^2, but now it belongs in the denominator.
- The next variable to take care of is the Y variable. Y^6 is in
the numerator while Y(when there is no exponent shown it is implied
that it is being raised to the first power). Since the exponent of the
variable in the numerator is bigger, it is easier to do the
subtraction the standard way which would yield Y^5. This Y^5 would be
on the top of the fraction.
- Now you must combine the different variables. The variables
belonging in the numerator are the Y and N variables. Each
variable with their exponents were Y^5 and N^8. Combine these two
(Y^5N^8) to get the numerator of the variable part of the result.
The variables belonging in the denominator are X(X^2) and M(M^2).
Combining these two form (X^2M^2) which is the denominator of the
variable part of the result. Now to comibne the numerator and the
denominator parts. The result would be (Y^5N^8)/(X^2M^2). This is
the variable part of the solution.
- Now with both the constant part (6) and the variable part
(Y^5N^8)/(X^2M^2) of the solution all we have to do is combine them.
It is quite simple, all you have to do is multiply them together.
The resultant would be (6Y^5N^8)/(X^2M^2). This is the simplified
form, as I have shown.