Simplify this equation.

[lanky_noodle]

Hi there guys i am new to this forum so be gentle .

Doing some revision and problems ect to keep my maths because i find when i stop doing it i forget how to do it very fast.

Anyways i have come across this equation and i am finding it hard to solve.

tips and answers would be great so i understand this better.



Not sure why the picture is there twice but its just the top one.

Thanks guys.

 

[srmichael]

Hi there guys i am new to this forum so be gentle .

Doing some revision and problems ect to keep my maths because i find when i stop doing it i forget how to do it very fast.

Anyways i have come across this equation and i am finding it hard to solve.

tips and answers would be great so i understand this better.

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Not sure why the picture is there twice but its just the top one.

Thanks guys.

Knowing the general rules for exponents will help you simplify this little diddy.

Do you know the formulas for \(\displaystyle a^m \cdot a^n\) and \(\displaystyle \frac{a^m}{a^n}\)?

 

[lanky_noodle]

Knowing the general rules for exponents will help you simplify this little diddy.

Do you know the formulas for \(\displaystyle a^m \cdot a^n\) and \(\displaystyle \frac{a^m}{a^n}\)?

Yes i did get to an answer but my tutor says i did not simplify it enough :/

 

[srmichael]

Yes i did get to an answer but my tutor says i did not simplify it enough :/

What did you get?

Oh, and I should have clarified that this is not an equation as you state in your thread title as there is no equal sign. It is an expression.

 

[lanky_noodle]

What did you get?

Oh, and I should have clarified that this is not an equation as you state in your thread title as there is no equal sign. It is an expression.

Sorry my english isnt that great :/ i dont know how to write it on here :/

 

[srmichael]

Sorry my english isnt that great :/ i dont know how to write it on here :/

Well, let's say your answer was \(\displaystyle p^{\frac{11}{17}}\), which it is not by the way. I'm just using this as an example of how you can state your answer. You can say your answer is "p to the 11 over 17", for example.

 

[lanky_noodle]

Well, let's say your answer was \(\displaystyle p^{\frac{11}{17}}\), which it is not by the way. I'm just using this as an example of how you can state your answer. You can say your answer is "p to the 11 over 17", for example.

Will write it down and upload a pic easier

 

[DrPhil]

Will write it down and upload a pic easier

When typing expressions with powers, we use the "^" symbol (upper case on the "6" key) to mean "raised to the power." You can type your result as

p^(a/b)

 

[lookagain]

Well, let's say your answer was \(\displaystyle p^{\frac{11}{17}}\), which it is not by the way. I'm just using this as an example of how you can state your answer. You can say your answer is "p to the 11 over 17", for example.

You can say, "p raised to the eleven-seventeenth power."

 

[mmm4444bot]

Will write it down and upload a pic

easier

That is not easier!

 

[Deleted member 4993]

That is not easier!

For i-phone generation it probably is!!

 

[srmichael]

You can say, "p raised to the eleven-seventeenth power."

Yup. you could. Pick your poison.

 

[lookagain]

Well, let's say your answer was \(\displaystyle p^{\frac{11}{17}}\), which it is not by the way.
I'm just using this as an example of how you can state your answer. You can say your answer is > > > "p to the 11 over 17", < < < for example.

And if I hear someone state that phrase, I might write \(\displaystyle \ \dfrac{p^{11}}{17} \ \ for \ \ it. \ \ \)


I wouldn't go there with that highlighted phrase because of its ambiguity.