3.
2a 2b 3 4.
6u 3 v 2
4b 3uv 3 3
2 xy 2
3 2
24h 4 k z
5. 3
6. 2
8h k xy xy
Express each of the following in simplest form, without using negative or zero
exponents.
7.
a0
3 8.
n p 1
3 2
2x 2 .
np 1
2 1
x 1 y x 3
10. 2 1 tu 1 6tu 1
2
9. 1 3 1
3
z y z
Simplify each rational expression.
5z 3 z 2 z 4a 2 9
11. 12.
3z 10a 15
3 x 2 3 xy e 2 10e 25
13. 14.
3 x 2 3 xy 5e e 2
h 2 3 h 6 3a 2 6a 3
15. 16.
18 h 3 h 3a 2 3
v2 u2 cd 2d 2 c 2
17. 18. 2
u 2 2uv v 2 c 4cd 3d 2
Simplify.
25u 6 v 9v 15u 3 v 6b 2 5b 1 4b 2 4b 1
19. 20.
4 w 5 10u 2 w 2 w 7 3b 6 2b
n 1
2
n 5n 6 n n 20
2 2
21. 2 2
n 3n 10 n 3n 4 n 2 2n 3
3 z 2 6 z 45 10 7 z z 2 15 8 z z 2
22.
z 2 2z 6 z 2 33z 15 10 z 2 5 z