Basic Math Examples

$\frac{Z^{2 - 2} y}{Z}$

Step 1

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

$\frac{y}{Z \cdot Z^{- (2 - 2)}}$

Step 2

Simplify the denominator.

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Step 2.1

Multiply $Z$ by $Z^{- (2 - 2)}$ by adding the exponents.

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Step 2.1.1

Multiply $Z$ by $Z^{- (2 - 2)}$ .

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Step 2.1.1.1

Raise $Z$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{y}{Z^{1} Z^{- (2 - 2)}}$

Step 2.1.1.2

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{y}{Z^{1 - (2 - 2)}}$

Step 2.1.2

Subtract $2$ from $2$ .

$\frac{y}{Z^{1 - 0}}$

Step 2.1.3

Subtract $0$ from $1$ .

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

Step 2.2

Simplify $Z^{1}$ .

$\frac{y}{Z}$