Question

Condense the following expression using exponent properties.p^24 j^3 / p^10 j^2

Answer 1

Condensing the expression:

`(p^(24)j^3)/(p^(10)j^2)`

we have:

`=p^(14)j`

Step-by-step explanation:

Given the expression:

`(p^(24)j^3)/(p^(10)j^2)`

To condense this, we use the property that division of numbers with same base is the same thing as subtracting the index of the denominator from the index of the numerator.

Doing this, we have:

`\begin{gathered} p^(24-10)j^(3-2) \\ \\ =p^(14)j \end{gathered}`

This is what we are required to do.