Question

How do you simplify the following expression:

x^-2y^-5/
-4x^4y^-3

Answer 1

\[\frac{x^{-2}y^{-5}}{-4x^{4}y^{-3}} = -\frac{1}{4x^{4+2}y^{-3+5}} = -\frac{1}{4x^{6}y^{2}}\]

Answer 2

its not showing the neg signs in the exponents for some reason

Answer 3

thank you sooooooo much, I thought that was how it was done, but for some reason I didn't think I did it right

Answer 4

your welcome