EXPONENTIAL RULES - Example

Rule 2: To divide identical bases, subtract the exponents.

Example 6: Simplify .

Solution: You may only combine the base 6's; you may not combine the 5 and the 8.
Note that can be written which can be simplified to which in turn can be simplified to .

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