i need help simplifyng this expression

72a^2*b^3/-24a^2*b^5

3 answers

72/-24 = -3
a^2/a^2 = 1
b^3/b^5 = 1/b^2 so =
-3/b^2
72a^2*b^3
___________
-24a^2*b^5

simplifying you go and reduce then divide the larger by the smaller

4a^2*b^3
___________
-1a^2*b^5

now I divide...a's cancel out and b's subtract since you divide the b's and subtract the larger by smaller b^5-b^3=b^2

-4
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b^2
I meant -3/b^2 of course.
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