Question

divid
4/x^7 by 12/x^5

I got this far but Got lost can some help me
4/x^7*x^5/12=


I know the 4 and the 12 will go down to 1 and 3 but what am I suppose to do with the x^5 and x^7

Right. The 4/12 reduces to 1/3.
X⁵/X⁷ = 1/X². So the answer is 1/3X².

Hi. I think this is correct. So, once you get to the point where you have (4 / x^7) * (x^5 / 12), the 4 and the 12 does reduce to 1 / 3. You are then left with (1 * x^5) / (3 * x^7). By the rules of exponents, when you divide you subtract them. So you end up with 1/3x^2. The x^2 is on the bottom because that's where the term with the largest exponent was.

Hope that helped you!