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Simplify. Assume all variables are positive.\newlinex14x114\frac{x^{\frac{1}{4}}}{x^{\frac{11}{4}}}\newline\newlineWrite your answer in the form AA or AB\frac{A}{B}, where AA and BB are constants or variable expressions that have no variables in common. All exponents in your answer should be positive.\newline______\newline

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Q. Simplify. Assume all variables are positive.\newlinex14x114\frac{x^{\frac{1}{4}}}{x^{\frac{11}{4}}}\newline\newlineWrite your answer in the form AA or AB\frac{A}{B}, where AA and BB are constants or variable expressions that have no variables in common. All exponents in your answer should be positive.\newline______\newline
  1. Subtracting exponents: Now we subtract the exponents: 14114=104\frac{1}{4} - \frac{11}{4} = -\frac{10}{4}. This simplifies to 52-\frac{5}{2} because 10-10 divided by 44 is 5-5.
  2. Applying negative exponent rule: We then apply the rule for negative exponents, which is am=1ama^{-m} = \frac{1}{a^m}.\newlineSo, x52x^{-\frac{5}{2}} becomes 1x52\frac{1}{x^{\frac{5}{2}}}.

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