B/13-3b/13=8/13 help please
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Since the two fractions have a common denominator already, we can just subtract the numerators.
b-3b=-2b or -3b+b=-2b
Either way you get the same answer :)
Our new fraction is
Now we know that this must be equal to
Again, since the denominators are already the same of course they are equal. 13=13
Now we have to set the numerators equal
-2b=8
Use inverse operations to get b alone
-2b=8
÷-2 ÷-2
b=-4
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Hope this helped! :)
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Step-by-step explanation:
So the first step is to add like terms since you can simplify the numerator by adding the two values sine they have the same variable and degree.
Add like terms:
Divide by 2x (divide coefficient by 2, subtract coefficient degrees)
Multiply exponents and raise 4 to the power of 5
The reason you multiply exponents is because you can think about it like this:
(4 * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x) (this has one 4 and 8 x's because x is raised to the power of 8. Now if you do that 5 times which is what the exponent is doing you're going to have 40 x's and 8 4's. So it's essentially
(4 * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x) * (4 * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x) * (4 * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x) * (4 * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x) * (4 * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x). If you group like terms you'll get (4 * 4 * 4 * 4 * 4) * (x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x * x). Which simplifies to 4^5 * x ^ (8 * 5) which further simplifies to the answer 1024x^40