Algebra Examples

$x^{- 5} y^{7}$

Step 1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{x^{5}} y^{7}$

Step 2

Combine $\frac{1}{x^{5}}$ and $y^{7}$ .

$\frac{y^{7}}{x^{5}}$