Simplify (x^-1+y^-1)^2(xy)^2

${(x^{- 1} + y^{- 1})}^{2} {(x y)}^{2}$

Simplify terms.

Simplify each term.

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

${(\frac{1}{x} + y^{- 1})}^{2} {(x y)}^{2}$

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

${(\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y})}^{2} {(x y)}^{2}$

Rewrite ${(\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y})}^{2}$ as $(\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y}) (\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y})$ .

$(\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y}) (\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Expand $(\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y}) (\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y})$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$(\frac{1}{x} (\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y}) + \frac{1}{y} (\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y})) {(x y)}^{2}$

Apply the distributive property.

$(\frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{y} (\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y})) {(x y)}^{2}$

Apply the distributive property.

$(\frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{y}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Multiply $\frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{x}$ .

Multiply $\frac{1}{x}$ by $\frac{1}{x}$ .

$(\frac{1}{x \cdot x} + \frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{y}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{1} x} + \frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{y}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{1} x^{1}} + \frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{y}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$(\frac{1}{x^{1 + 1}} + \frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{y}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x} \cdot \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{y}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Multiply $\frac{1}{x}$ by $\frac{1}{y}$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x y} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{y}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Multiply $\frac{1}{y}$ by $\frac{1}{x}$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x y} + \frac{1}{y x} + \frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{y}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Multiply $\frac{1}{y} \cdot \frac{1}{y}$ .

Multiply $\frac{1}{y}$ by $\frac{1}{y}$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x y} + \frac{1}{y x} + \frac{1}{y \cdot y}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Raise $y$ to the power of $1$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x y} + \frac{1}{y x} + \frac{1}{y^{1} y}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Raise $y$ to the power of $1$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x y} + \frac{1}{y x} + \frac{1}{y^{1} y^{1}}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$(\frac{1}{x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x y} + \frac{1}{y x} + \frac{1}{y^{1 + 1}}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x y} + \frac{1}{y x} + \frac{1}{y^{2}}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Add $\frac{1}{x y}$ and $\frac{1}{y x}$ .

Reorder $y$ and $x$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{2}} + \frac{1}{x y} + \frac{1}{x y} + \frac{1}{y^{2}}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Add $\frac{1}{x y}$ and $\frac{1}{x y}$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{2}} + 2 \frac{1}{x y} + \frac{1}{y^{2}}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Combine $2$ and $\frac{1}{x y}$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{2}} + \frac{2}{x y} + \frac{1}{y^{2}}) {(x y)}^{2}$

Apply the product rule to $x y$ .

$(\frac{1}{x^{2}} + \frac{2}{x y} + \frac{1}{y^{2}}) (x^{2} y^{2})$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{1}{x^{2}} (x^{2} y^{2}) + \frac{2}{x y} (x^{2} y^{2}) + \frac{1}{y^{2}} (x^{2} y^{2})$

Simplify.

Cancel the common factor of $x^{2}$ .

Factor $x^{2}$ out of $x^{2} y^{2}$ .

$\frac{1}{x^{2}} (x^{2} (y^{2})) + \frac{2}{x y} (x^{2} y^{2}) + \frac{1}{y^{2}} (x^{2} y^{2})$

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{1}{x^{2}} (x^{2} y^{2}) + \frac{2}{x y} (x^{2} y^{2}) + \frac{1}{y^{2}} (x^{2} y^{2})$

Rewrite the expression.

$y^{2} + \frac{2}{x y} (x^{2} y^{2}) + \frac{1}{y^{2}} (x^{2} y^{2})$

Cancel the common factor of $x y$ .

Factor $x y$ out of $x^{2} y^{2}$ .

$y^{2} + \frac{2}{x y} (x y (x y)) + \frac{1}{y^{2}} (x^{2} y^{2})$

Cancel the common factor.

$y^{2} + \frac{2}{x y} (x y (x y)) + \frac{1}{y^{2}} (x^{2} y^{2})$

Rewrite the expression.

$y^{2} + 2 (x y) + \frac{1}{y^{2}} (x^{2} y^{2})$

Cancel the common factor of $y^{2}$ .

Factor $y^{2}$ out of $x^{2} y^{2}$ .

$y^{2} + 2 (x y) + \frac{1}{y^{2}} (y^{2} x^{2})$

Cancel the common factor.

$y^{2} + 2 (x y) + \frac{1}{y^{2}} (y^{2} x^{2})$

Rewrite the expression.

$y^{2} + 2 (x y) + x^{2}$

Move $y^{2}$ .

$2 x y + x^{2} + y^{2}$

Reorder $2 x y$ and $x^{2}$ .

$x^{2} + 2 x y + y^{2}$

Simplify (x^-1+y^-1)^2(xy)^2

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