Algebra Examples

$y^{3} \cdot y^{- 5}$

Step 1

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

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

Step 2

Rewrite $y^{3} \cdot y^{- 5}$ with positive exponents.

$y^{3} \cdot \frac{1}{y^{5}}$