(ab)-1c _______ a2c-2 The powers are -1, 2 and -2 please take a look thankyou :roll:
M maddy*1 New member Joined Feb 18, 2006 Messages 2 Feb 19, 2006 #1 (ab)-1c _______ a2c-2 The powers are -1, 2 and -2 please take a look thankyou :roll:
D Denis Senior Member Joined Feb 17, 2004 Messages 1,707 Feb 19, 2006 #2 Re: help please im sure its easy im just making a silly erro maddy*1 said: (ab)-1c _______ a2c-2 The powers are -1, 2 and -2 Click to expand... next time, show like this: (ab)^-1 c / (a^2 c^-2) Rules: a^-b = 1 / a^b 1 / a^-b = a^b a^b a^c = a^(b + c) Your equation: (ab)^-1 c / (a^2 c^-2) = a^-1 b^-1 c^1 / a^2 c^-2 = c^1 c^2 / (a^2 a^1 b^1) I'll let you finish it.
Re: help please im sure its easy im just making a silly erro maddy*1 said: (ab)-1c _______ a2c-2 The powers are -1, 2 and -2 Click to expand... next time, show like this: (ab)^-1 c / (a^2 c^-2) Rules: a^-b = 1 / a^b 1 / a^-b = a^b a^b a^c = a^(b + c) Your equation: (ab)^-1 c / (a^2 c^-2) = a^-1 b^-1 c^1 / a^2 c^-2 = c^1 c^2 / (a^2 a^1 b^1) I'll let you finish it.
