I would be able to but i left my maths book at school and that has the explanation in, sorry :(
Answer:
9
Step-by-step explanation:
Using the property that
a
m
a
n
=
a
m
−
n
, we have
3
4
2
2
=
3
4
−
2
=
3
2
=
9
Note that if we evaluated the numerator and denominator first, we would arrive at the same result:
3
4
3
2
=
81
9
=
9
Answer:
5x + 6
Step-by-step explanation:
4x - 3 + 2x + 1 - x + 8
= 4x + 2x - x -3 + 1 +8
= 5x + 6