Simplify y^6 / y^2

Step by step

The question

Question: simplify y⁶ over y².

1 Numbers and letters apart

We split it: numbers over numbers, and each letter over the same letter.

Fractions next to each other mean times.

2 Cross out

We write the powers out.

y⁶ is 6 y's on top.

y² is 2 y's on the bottom.

y/y is 1.

Each y on top crosses out one y on the bottom.

2 pairs cross out.

4 y's are left on top.

The rule: same letter, divide, take away the powers.

So we get y⁴.

Let's look back.

First: numbers and letters apart.

Last: cross out.