Dividing Variables Raised to Powers

Anytime you have an expression that contains multiple variables raised to powers and you are told to simplify the expression completely, you need to be aware of all the rules for exponents.

When dividing variables that contain a common base we use the following rule to simplify:

x^m/x^n=x^(m-n)

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0:00 Introduction
0:27 Where the rule comes from
1:40 Example 1
2:00 Example 2
2:30 Talk about relationship between m and n
3:12 Example 3
4:35 Fractions with + or - warning
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