Basic Math Examples

$- 6 y^{- 4}$

Step 1

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

$- 6 \frac{1}{y^{4}}$

Step 2

Combine $- 6$ and $\frac{1}{y^{4}}$ .

$\frac{- 6}{y^{4}}$

Step 3

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{6}{y^{4}}$