SOLUTION: -(x^3 y^-2)(xy^-2)^-3

Question 575831: -(x^3 y^-2)(xy^-2)^-3
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-(x^3 y^-2)(xy^-2)^-3

(-x^3/y^2)(x/y^2)^-3

(-x^3/y^2)(x^-3/y^-6)

(-x^3/y^2)(y^6/x^3)

(-x^3/x^3)*(y^6/y^2)

-y^4

So -(x^3 y^-2)(xy^-2)^-3 simplifies to -y^4

In other words, -(x^3 y^-2)(xy^-2)^-3 = -y^4 for all nonzero values of x and y.
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