document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=102077>Question 102077</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you help me simplify without negative exponents [ x y 5 / x -4 y 2 ] -2  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A negative exponent puts the variable in the numerator, so the x^4 will be added to the x in the numerator, and the y^2 you subtract the exponent from the y^5 in the numerator;<BR>\n" );
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