SOLUTION: (4x^-1y^-3)(7x^2y). If you could please help with this one. The negative exponent very easy for me to remember things..YOur help is greatly apreciated.

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Question 16466: (4x^-1y^-3)(7x^2y). If you could please help with this one. The negative exponent very easy for me to remember things..YOur help is greatly apreciated.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First rewrite the expression.
%284x%5E%28-1%29y%5E%28-3%29%29%287x%5E2y%29 = %284%2Fx%29%281%2Fy%5E3%29%287x%5E2y%29 = %284%2Fxy%5E3%297x%5E2y%29 = %284%2A7x%5E2y%29%2Fxy%5E3 = 28x%2Fy%5E2