Algebra 1

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133500403
ISBN 13: 978-0-13350-040-0

Chapter 7 - Exponents and Exponential Functions - 7-4 More Multiplication Properties of Exponents - Mixed Review - Page 438: 92

Answer

$\frac{y}{3}$

Work Step by Step

We simplify the fraction $\frac{5xy}{15x}$ by dividing by $\frac{5x}{5x}$: $\frac{5xy\div5x}{15x\div5x}=\frac{y}{3}$ The fraction $\frac{y}{3}$ is in simplest form because the only common factor of the numerator and the denominator is $1$.
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