3abc^4/12a^3(b^3c^2)^2 * 8ab^-4c/4a^2b

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  1. math_celebrity

    math_celebrity Administrator Staff Member

    3abc^4/12a^3(b^3c^2)^2 * 8ab^-4c/4a^2b

    Expand term 1:
    3abc^4/12a^3(b^3c^2)^2
    3abc^4/12a^3b^6c^4

    Now simplify term 1:
    3/12 = 1/4
    c^4 terms cancel
    Subtract powers from variables since the denominator powers are higher:
    b^(6 - 1) = b^5
    a^(3 - 1) = a^2
    1/4a^2b^5

    Now simplify term 2:
    8ab^-4c/4a^2b
    8/4 = 2
    2c/a^(2 - 1)b^(1 - -4)
    2c/ab^5

    Now multiply simplified term 1 times simplified term 2:
    1/4a^2b^5 * 2c/ab^5
    (1 * 2c)/(4a^2b^5 * ab^5)
    2c/4a^(2 + 1)b^(5 + 5)
    2c/4a^3b^10
    2/4 = 1/2, so we have:
    c/2a^3b^10
     

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