I feel the easiest way to answer this question would be the rewrite the equation as 32/48x^5 • x^7 Since you are dividing the expressions, you would divide 32 by 48 Then you add the exponents together since they are like terms of x. So far you would have: 32/48x^12 You could then simply 32/48 to 2/3 Then you get the answer: 2/3x^12
