Intermediate Algebra: Connecting Concepts through Application

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53449-636-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-53449-636-4

Chapter 3 - Exponents, Polynomials and Functions - Chapter Test - Page 288: 1

Answer

$\frac{32}{9}\frac{b^{26}}{c^2}$

Work Step by Step

$(2b^4c^{-2})^5 (3b^{-3}c^{-4})^{-2}$ $=2^5 (b^4)^5(c^{-2})^5 3^{-2} (b^{-3})^{-2}(c^{-4})^{-2}$ $=32b^{20} c^{-10}\cdot \frac{1}{3^2}b^6 c^8$ $=\frac{32}{9} (b^{20}b^6)(c^{-10}c^8)$ $=\frac{32}{9}b^{26} c^{-2}$ $=\frac{32}{9}\frac{b^{26}}{c^2}$
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