SOLUTION: Write the expression as one fraction with positive exponents. 2y5/4 - 3y-1/4

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Question 626469: Write the expression as one fraction with positive exponents.
2y5/4 - 3y-1/4
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
I take it that this 2y5/4 - 3y-1/4 is actually this:
2y^5/4 - 3y^-1/4
If so then it would look like this:
(2y^5/4 - 3)/y^1/4
Make sense?
RJ
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