SOLUTION: Will someone please help me solve this problem? It says to simplify and express final results with positive intergers as exponents: (15x^-2y)^2/ 5x^-5y^3 the whole problem should

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Question 111969: Will someone please help me solve this problem? It says to simplify and express final results with positive intergers as exponents: (15x^-2y)^2/
5x^-5y^3 the whole problem should be in ()
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(15x^-2y)^2/(5x^-5y^3)
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= [(15(x^-2)y]^2/[(5x^-5)(y^3)]
=[15/5][x^-2/x^-5][y^2/y^3]

= 3[x^3][1/y]
=[3x^3]/[y]
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Cheers,
Stan H.