J jay47 Think Positively! 5+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Aug 4, 2007 Messages 1,068 Reaction score 8 Points 4,551 Dentist Jun 18, 2008 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad What's up everyone, just needed a little help getting through this problem (little rusty on the old math skills) Write this down on paper and it should help... 2^(21) / [4^(4)* (4^(4) + 4^(5))]= ? How does this reduce down to [2^(5)] / 5 ? Thanks
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad What's up everyone, just needed a little help getting through this problem (little rusty on the old math skills) Write this down on paper and it should help... 2^(21) / [4^(4)* (4^(4) + 4^(5))]= ? How does this reduce down to [2^(5)] / 5 ? Thanks
B baedero1 Full Member 10+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined May 16, 2008 Messages 114 Reaction score 0 Points 0 Pre-Dental Jun 18, 2008 #2 2^21/4^4*(4^4+4^5) = 2^21/4^4*4^4(1+4) = 2^21/2^8*2^8(1+4) = 2^21/2^16(5) = 2^5/5 Upvote 0 Downvote
