SOLUTION: If i simplify x^7y^9z^3 over x^4y^7z^8 it would be x^3y^2z^-5 and to make it positive i would have to make z^-5 the denominator to make it z^5 but what happens to the x^3y

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Question 158267: If i simplify x^7y^9z^3 over x^4y^7z^8 it would be x^3y^2z^-5
and to make it positive i would have to make z^-5 the denominator to make it z^5 but what happens to the x^3y^2 ? does it become the numerator?

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