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| Question 130502:  (-y^-4)^2 / 6(y^-5)^-1
 simplify expression with positive exponents only
 Answer by cngriffith(27)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! (-y)^-8/6(y)^5      To raise a power to a power ---Multiply exponents. If you do not see exponent, it is one.
 1/6y^5(-y^8)        Move the term in the numerator with the negative exponent
 to the denominator.   Changing sides of the fraction line
 changes the sign of the exponent.
 1/-6y^13            Multiply the coefficients of the variables first.
 Then multiply the y terms together.   Remember,to
 multiply like bases, you add the exponents.
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