How do you simplify ((16x^2(y))/(81xy^2))/((24x^2(y))/(54x^3(y^3)))16x2(y)81xy224x2(y)54x3(y3)?

1 Answer
Jul 22, 2015

((16x^2y)/(81xy^2))/((24x^2y)/(54x^3y^3)) = (4x^2y)/916x2y81xy224x2y54x3y3=4x2y9

Explanation:

((16x^2y)/(81xy^2))/((24x^2y)/(54x^3y^3))16x2y81xy224x2y54x3y3

=color(red)(((16x^2y)/(81xy^2)))*color(blue)(((54x^3y^3)/(24x^2y)))=(16x2y81xy2)(54x3y324x2y)

=(color(red)((8)(2)(x^2y))color(blue)((6)(9)(xy^2)(x^2y)))/(color(red)((9)(9)(xy^2))color(blue)((4)(6)(x^2y)))=(8)(2)(x2y)(6)(9)(xy2)(x2y)(9)(9)(xy2)(4)(6)(x2y)

=((8)(2)cancel((x^2y))(6)(9)(xy^2)(x^2y))/((9)(9)(xy^2)(4)(6)cancel((x^2y)))

=((8)(2)(6)(9)cancel((xy^2))(x^2y))/((9)(9)cancel((xy^2))(4)(6))

=((8)(2)cancel((6))cancel((9))(x^2y))/((9)cancel((9))(4)cancel((6)))

=(cancel((8))^2(2)(x^2y))/((9)cancel((4)))

=(4x^2y)/9