Solution - Power equations

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

 (1): "x3"   was replaced by   "x^3". 

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

Step  2  :

            3x3
 Simplify   ———
            9x 

Dividing exponential expressions :

 2.1    x³ divided by x¹ = x^{(3 - 1)} = x²

Dividing exponents :

 2.2    3¹   divided by   3²   = 3^{(1 - 2)} = 3^(-1) = ¹/_3¹ = ¹/₃

Final result :

  x2
  ——
  3