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Remember:

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We can easily divide powers of a variable by subtraction. In this case we have

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$\\dfrac{x^\\var{a}}{x^\\var{b}}$

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So the power of $x$ will be

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$\\var{a}-\\var{b}$

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Which gives us:

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${x^\\var{a-b}}$

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$\\dfrac{x^\\var{a}}{x^\\var{b}}$

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Simplify the following by writing as a single power of $x$.

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Dividing powers of x - set out as a fraction

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