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Laws of exponent - divisionsimplify4²—4⁵

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Remember that when you have two powers with the same base dividing each other, you substract the exponents.

This way,


(4^2)/(4^5)\rightarrow4^(2-5)\rightarrow4^(-3)\rightarrow(1)/(4^3)

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