SOLUTION: Please help! 1/3y ^-3

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Question 749956: Please help!
1/3y ^-3

Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
Math people don't like negative exponents, so to get rid of such place it in the Denominator as:
1/3/(y^3)
This can be rewritten as:
1/(3y^2)
(Note: I'm assuming the original problem was 1/3 times y^-3)
RJ