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Is this correct - Simplifying Question

The question is: Perform the following division, express the answer as a base and index:

1 ÷ ( d × d^ 5 )

there are four answers:
a) d^-6

b)d^4

c)d^6

d)cannot be simplified

I chose (a) is this correct? it becomes 1 ÷ d^6 and if you inverse it, it becomes d^-6 or is that completely wrong...and the answer is (d)?

Clarification Please :redface:

Thank you! :smile:
Reply 1
a is indeed correct
It's right :yep:

Anything to the power of -something means 1anythingsomething\frac{1}{anything^something}
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