Powers and Roots – Simplify an expression with powers – Exercise 5656

Exercise

Simplify the expression:

a4b4ab\frac{a^4-b^4}{a-b}

Final Answer

a4b4ab=(a+b)(a2+b2)\frac{a^4-b^4}{a-b}=(a+b)(a^2+b^2)

Solution

Using Powers and Roots rules we get:

a4b4ab=\frac{a^4-b^4}{a-b}=

=(a2b2)(a2+b2)ab==\frac{(a^2-b^2)(a^2+b^2)}{a-b}=

=(ab)(a+b)(a2+b2)ab==\frac{(a-b)(a+b)(a^2+b^2)}{a-b}=

=(a+b)(a2+b2)=(a+b)(a^2+b^2)

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