Simplify -x^2y^-2

$- x^{2} y^{- 2}$

Step 1

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

$- x^{2} \frac{1}{y^{2}}$

Step 2

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

$- \frac{x^{2}}{y^{2}}$