Solve for a: Simplifying (a³ᵇ)/(a²ᵇ) × aᵇ Using Exponent Rules

Solve for a:

$\frac{a^{3b}}{a^{2b}}\times a^b=$

Let's first deal with the first term in the multiplication, noting that the terms in the numerator and denominator have identical bases, so we'll use the power rule for division between terms with the same base:

$\frac{a^m}{a^n}=a^{m-n}$We'll apply for the first term in the expression:

$\frac{a^{3b}}{a^{2b}}\cdot a^b=a^{3b-2b}\cdot a^b=a^b\cdot a^b$where we also simplified the expression we got as a result of subtracting the exponents of the first term,

Next, we'll notice that the two terms in the multiplication have identical bases, so we'll use the power rule for multiplication between terms with identical bases:

$a^m\cdot a^n=a^{m+n}$We'll apply to the problem:

$a^b\cdot a^b=a^{b+b}=a^{2b}$Therefore, the correct answer is A.