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Question from Bill, a student:

I need help completing this negative exponents problem:

x to the power of 3 multiplied by y to the power of negative 6.

What would the process to solving this problem be?

Hi Bill,

y-6 is an alternate way of expressing 1 over y^6and hence

x^3y^(-6)

Penny

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