Simplify 4x^-1y

$4 x^{- 1} y$

Step 1

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

$4 \frac{1}{x} y$

Step 2

Combine $4$ and $\frac{1}{x}$ .

$\frac{4}{x} y$

Step 3

Combine $\frac{4}{x}$ and $y$ .

$\frac{4 y}{x}$