Integrated Math 1 · Example 1.5.6  —  Simplify.
where we are going
Every exponent positive.
Nothing left in parentheses.
Step 1 — quotient to a power
Step 2 — product to a power, then power to a power
Step 3 — negative exponents: change the position, and the sign changes
the 3 goes down, the w comes up
Step 4 — finish the arithmetic
Answer

Property used

  • step 1Quotient to a power
  • step 2Product to a power, then power to a power
  • —nothing shares a base — skipped
  • step 3Negative exponent
  • step 4arithmetic
clear the parentheses
combine like bases
clean up the negatives