Algebra Examples

$x y^{- 2}$

Step 1

Move $y^{- 2}$ to the denominator in $y^{- 2}$ using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{y^{2}}$

Step 2

Rewrite $x y^{- 2}$ with positive exponents.

$x \frac{1}{y^{2}}$