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Expert: Sherry Wallin - 5/12/2011


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Simplify: 30 x^2 y^3/-6x^3y^2?

Answer
Danielaa~

The easy part is to do the division of 30/-6 = -5 and since you have 2 factors of x in the numerator and 3 factors in the denominator you can cancel two of them leaving one x in the denominator. As for the y's there are 3 factors of y in the numerator and 2 in the denominator and canceling 2 in both places leaves you  with one y in the numerator.

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Sherry Wallin

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I can answer most questions up through Calculus and some in Number Theory and Abstract Algebra.

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I have had my Bachelor's Degree since 1987 and have been a teacher since 1988. I earned my Masters Degree in Mathematics May 2010. I have been teaching at the same community college since 2002.

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I have taught 12 years at the community college level, medical college, and technical college as well as a high school instructor and alternative education instructor and charter school instructor.

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Master's GPA 3.56 Bachelor's GPA 3.34 Post grad work not degree related GPA 4.0

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