Simplify (y^-1)/y

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

Step 1

Move $y^{- 1}$ to the denominator using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

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

Step 2

Multiply $y$ by $y$ .

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