Pre-Algebra Examples

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

Step 1

Move $x^{- 5}$ to the denominator using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

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

Step 2

Move $y^{- 5}$ to the numerator using the negative exponent rule $\frac{1}{b^{- n}} = b^{n}$ .

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