If a^x divides b^y and xt−yz≥0, does a^z divide b^t?

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If [tex]a^x|b^y[/tex] & [tex]xt-yz\geq 0[/tex] then [tex]a^z|b^t[/tex]

This is not a homework. I found this theorem in a book without having proved it, so I wondered how it could be proved.
 
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The trick is to realize that:

if xt >= yz, then b^(yz) | b^(xt)