How to prove the following Dirichlet-series/geometric-series idenity, step by step process?

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$$\frac{\zeta(s)}{\zeta(hs)} =\prod_p\left(\frac{1-\frac{1}{p^{hs}}}{1-\frac{1}{p^{s}}}\right) =\prod_p\left(1+\frac{1}{p^s}+\cdots +\frac{1}{p^{(h-1)s}}\right)=\sum_{n\in S_h}\frac{1}{n^s}$$

What is the step by step process proof of this series identity?

Hs is for h-free numbers, where in by definition it is positive integer n is square-free if and only if its prime factorization has no factors with an exponent larger than one

I am stuck here:

$$\frac{\zeta(s)}{\zeta(hs)}=\prod_p\frac{\left(\frac{1}{1-\frac{1}{p^s}}\right)}{\left(\frac{1}{1-\frac{1}{p^{hs}}}\right)} =\prod_p\left(\frac{1-\frac{1}{p^{hs}}}{1-\frac{1}{p^{s}}}\right)$$

Would it be possible to come up with this?

$$\frac{1-\frac{1}{p^{hs}}}{1-\frac{1}{p^s}}=\frac{\left(\frac{p^{hs}-1}{p^{hs}}\right)}{\left(\frac{p^s-1}{p^s}\right)}=\frac{p^s(p^{hs}-1)}{p^{hs}(p^s-1)}$$

Correct me if I'm wrong.

my question is that, how it leads to reimann zeta function?

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You probably need this formula:

For every $x\in\mathbb{R}$,

$$1-x^n = (1-x)(1+x+...+x^{n-1})$$

Which you can prove by induction. It follows that for all $x\not = 1$, $$ \frac{1-x^n}{1-x} = 1+x+...+x^{n-1}$$ Now just plug in $x=\frac{1}{p^s}$.