Question

What is the answer to 16a5 b3/8ab ?

Answer 1

When we are dividing exponents, there is this rule:

`(a^n)/(a^m)=a^((n-m))`

So, in our case we have this:

`(16a^5b^3)/(8ab) = (16)/(8)a^((5-1))b^((3-1))`
`=2a^4b^2`