Solution - Power equations

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

 (1): "a5"   was replaced by   "a^5".  1 more similar replacement(s).

Step  1  :

            a3
 Simplify   ——
            a5

Dividing exponential expressions :

 1.1    a³ divided by a⁵ = a^{(3 - 5)} = a^(-2) = ¹/_a²

Final result :

   1
  ——
  a2