SOLUTION: (y^(3/4)/y^(-1/2))^8 I think the top number is x^6 and the bottom number is y^-4. How do I simplify that even more because you can't have a negative number.

Question 148092: (y^(3/4)/y^(-1/2))^8
I think the top number is x^6 and the bottom number is y^-4. How do I simplify that even more because you can't have a negative number.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you have , you can rewrite this as .

If you have , you can rewrite this as .

So to rewrite a term with a positive exponent, simply flip the fraction.

Start with the given expression.

Flip the fraction to get .

When you multiply monomials with a common base, you simply add the exponents.

Add the fractions.

Multiply the inner and outer exponent.

Multiply.

Reduce.

So simplifies to

In other words, where
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