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Part of HELM Book 1.2

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Simplify $\\displaystyle{\\var{q1_expr}}$ 

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$\\var{latex(\"\\\\dfrac\\{\" + q1_num+\"\\}\\{\"+q1_den + \"\\}\")} = \\dfrac{\\var{q1_letter}^{\\frac{1}{\\var{q1v1}}}}{\\var{q1_letter}^{\\left(\\var[fractionnumbers]{q1v2}+(\\var[fractionnumbers]{q1v3})\\right)}} = \\dfrac{\\var{q1_letter}^{\\frac{1}{\\var{q1v1}}}}{\\var{q1_letter}^{\\var[fractionnumbers]{q1v2+q1v3}}} = \\var{q1_letter}^{\\frac{1}{\\var{q1v1}} - (\\var[fractionnumbers]{q1v2+q1v3})} = \\var{expression(q1_letter+\"^\"+ \"(\" + (1/q1v1 - q1v2 - q1v3) + \")\")}$

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First, rewrite $\\var{latex(q1_num)}$ using an index and simplify the denominator using the first law of indices.

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Finally, use the second law to simplify the result.

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