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 December 27th, 2010, 05:29 PM #1 Member   Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 45 Thanks: 0 Simplify this equation (two different answers?) I posted this question in another forum. And I am getting two different answers from people. There cannot be two answers. So which answer is right? I am posting the equation/question exactly as it is printed in the book: Simplify this expression: $(-5a^3b^5)^2 \div a^4b^3$ Which working out and answer below is right... Answer 1: $(-5a^3b^5)^2 \div a^4b^3$ $\frac{25a^6b^1^0}{a^4b^3}$ $25a^2b^7$ OR is it answer 2: $(-5a^3b^5)^2 \div a^4b^3$ $\frac{25a^6b^1^0}{a^4}\times b^3$ $25a^2b^1^3$
 December 27th, 2010, 05:35 PM #2 Senior Member     Joined: Jul 2010 From: St. Augustine, FL., U.S.A.'s oldest city Posts: 12,206 Thanks: 513 Math Focus: Calculus/ODEs Re: Simplify this equation (two different answers?) Answer 2 is correct, following the standard order of operations.
December 27th, 2010, 05:41 PM   #3
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 Originally Posted by MarkFL Answer 2 is correct, following the standard order of operations.
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