Simplify x^5y^-3

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

Step 1

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

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

Step 2

Combine $x^{5}$ and $\frac{1}{y^{3}}$ .

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