One ordered pair (a,b) satisfies the two equations ab^4 = 384 and ab^5 = 4608. What is the value of a in this ordered pair?
dividing both equuations get b = 12. a * 12^4 = 384, a = 384/12^4.
a = 384 / b^4
then 384 / b^4 * b^5 = 4608
b = 4608/384= 12 then a = 384/ 12^4= .0185