SOLUTION: I need help with the following. Need to expand to have the answer have only positive exponents. I understand that x^-2 becomes 1/x^2. But get confused when the negative exponent

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Question 31250: I need help with the following. Need to expand to have the answer have only positive exponents. I understand that x^-2 becomes 1/x^2. But get confused when the negative exponent is in the numerator of a fraction.
x^-2/y(xz/y - 1/y^-4)
Thank you.
Rebecca

Answer by longjonsilver(2297) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
do you mean: +%28x%5E-2%2Fy%29%28%28xz%29%2Fy+-+1%2Fy%5E-4%29+?

Your questions are written very messily and are therefore confusing to read. You might want to use brackets to collect terms together more, so it is more readable.

If you meant the above, then...
+%28x%5E-2%2Fy%29%28%28xz%29%2Fy+-+1%2Fy%5E-4%29+
+%281%2F%28x%5E2y%29%29%28%28xz%29%2Fy+-+y%5E4%29+
+%281%2F%28x%5E2y%29%29%28%28xz%29%2Fy+-+y%5E5%2Fy%29+
+%281%2F%28x%5E2y%29%29%28%28xz+-+y%5E5%29%2Fy+%29+
+%28xz+-+y%5E5%29%2F%28x%5E2y%5E2%29+
+%28xz%29%2F%28x%5E2y%5E2%29+-+y%5E5%2F%28x%5E2y%5E2%29+
+%28z%29%2F%28xy%5E2%29+-+y%5E3%2F%28x%5E2%29+

jon.