SOLUTION: Simplify -x^2y^2 / x^1/2y^0 Please show all of your work :)

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Question 873884: Simplify -x^2y^2 / x^1/2y^0
Please show all of your work :)

Answer by rothauserc(4718) About Me  (Show Source):
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-x^2y^2 / x^1 / 2y^0
Note that any variable raised to the 0 power is 1
-x^2y^2 / x / 2
Invert x / 2
-x^2y^2y 2 / x
Cancel x from numerator and denominator
-2xy^2