Simplify x^4y^-2

$x^{4} y^{- 2}$

Step 1

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

$x^{4} \frac{1}{y^{2}}$

Step 2

Combine $x^{4}$ and $\frac{1}{y^{2}}$ .

$\frac{x^{4}}{y^{2}}$