Match the products of rational expressions with their simplest forms.

Lets simplify each one of the rational expressions using the product rule of exponents: and the quotient rule of exponents: .

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We can conclude that you should pair the rational expressions with their simplest form as follows:

Aand b are correctly balanced reactions. they have the same number of atoms in both sides of the reaction