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Answer Key 6.2

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  1. \(2x^4y^{-2}\cdot 2^4x^4y^{12}\)
    \(2^5x^8y^{10}\Rightarrow 32x^8y^{10}\)
  2. \(2a^{-2}b^{-3}\cdot 2^4b^{16}\)
    \(32a^{-2}b^{13}\Rightarrow \dfrac{32b^{13}}{a^2}\)
  3. \(2^4x^8y^8\cdot x^{-4}\)
    \(2^4x^4y^8\Rightarrow 16x^4y^8\)
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  5. \(2x^{-3--3}y^{2-3}3^{-2}\)
    \(2\cancel{x^0}y^{-1}3^{-2}\Rightarrow \dfrac{2}{9y}\)
  6. \(3y^3\div [6x^7y^{-2}]\)
    \(3x^{-7}y^{3--2}\div 6\)
    \(3x^{-7}y^5\div 6 \Rightarrow \dfrac{y^5}{2x^7}\)
  7. \(2y\div y^8\)
    \(2y^{1-8}\)
    \(2y^{-7}\Rightarrow \dfrac{2}{y^7}\)
  8. \(a^{16}\div 2b\Rightarrow \dfrac{a^{16}}{2b}\)
  9. \(2^4a^8b^{12}\div a^{-1}\)
    \(16a^{8+1}b^{12}\)
    \(16a^9b^{12}\)
  10. \(2^{-2}y^{8}\div x^2\Rightarrow \dfrac{y&8}{2^2x^2}\Rightarrow \dfrac{y^8}{4x^2}\)
  11. \(2^4m^4n^{4--2}\)
    \(16m^4n^6\)
  12. \(2x^{-3}\div x^{-4}y^3\)
    \(2x^{-3--4}y^{-3}\Rightarrow 2xy^{-3} \Rightarrow \dfrac{2x}{y^3}\)
  13. \([2u^{-2}v^3\cdot 2^{-1}u^{-1}v^{-4}]\div 2u^{-4}\)
    \([u^{-3}v^{-1}]\div 2u^{-4}\)
    \(2^{-1}u^{-3--4}v^{-1}\)
    \(2^{-1}uv^{-1}\Rightarrow \dfrac{u}{2v}\)
  14. \(2y \div 2^{-1}y^{-4}\)
    \(2y\cdot 2y^4 \Rightarrow 4y^5\)
  15. \(b^{-1}\div 2a^{-3}b^2\)
    \(b^{-1}\cdot 2^{-1}a^3b^{-2}\Rightarrow \dfrac{a^3}{2b^3}\)
  16. \(2x^2yz \div [2x^4y^4z^{-2}z^4y^8]\)
    \(2x^2yz \div [2x^4y^{12}z^2]\)
    \(2x^2yz \cdot z^{-1}x^{-4}y^{-12}z^{-2}\)
    \(x^{-2}y^{-11}z^{-1}\Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{x^2y^{11}z}\)
  17. \(2a^{-3}b^2c^2b^6\div a^9b^{-6}c^9\)
    \(2a^{-3}b^8c^2\cdot a^{-9}b^6c^{-9}\)
    \(2a^{-12}b^{14}c^{-7}\Rightarrow \dfrac{2b^{14}}{a^{12}c^7}\)
  18. \(2m^2p^2q^5 \div [2^3m^3\cdot 4^3p^6]\)
    \(2m^2p^2q^5 \div [2^3m^3\cdot 2^6p^6]\)
    \(2m^2p^2q^5 \div 2^9m^3p^6\)
    \(2m^2p^2q^5\cdot 2^{-9}m^{-3}p^{-6}\)
    \(2^{-8}m^{-1}p^{-4}q^5\Rightarrow \dfrac{q^5}{2^8mp^4}\Rightarrow \dfrac{q^5}{256mp^4}\)
  19. \(y^{-1}x^4z^{-2}\div x^2y^3z^2\)
    \(y^{-1}x^4z^{-2}\cdot x^{-2}y^{-3}z^{-2}\)
    \(x^2y^{-4}z^{-4}\Rightarrow \dfrac{x^2}{y^4z^4}\)
  20. \(2mpn^{-3}\div 2n^2n^{-12}p^6\)
    \(2mpn^{-3}\div 2n^{-10}p^6\)
    \(2mpn^{-3}\cdot 2^{-1}n^{10}p^{-6}\)
    \(mp^{-5}n^7\Rightarrow \dfrac{mn^7}{p^5}\)

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