SOLUTION: Please help me with this problem: Simplify the expression making sure the answer has no negative exponents: -5x^2yz^3 ---------- -5x^2yz the entire problem has an expone

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Simplify the expression making sure the answer has no negative exponents:
-5x^2yz^3
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-5x^2yz the entire problem has an exponent of 5
In this particular instance, doesn't everything cancel out and the answer is z^2? Or, am I missing something?
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Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I think you're right, except if the whole thing is enclosed in brackets, and has
)^5 exponent, it would be x^10, wouldn't it?
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