Simplify 7x^-5y^3

$7 x^{- 5} y^{3}$

Step 1

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

$7 \frac{1}{x^{5}} y^{3}$

Step 2

Combine $7$ and $\frac{1}{x^{5}}$ .

$\frac{7}{x^{5}} y^{3}$

Step 3

Combine $\frac{7}{x^{5}}$ and $y^{3}$ .

$\frac{7 y^{3}}{x^{5}}$