Write Using Positive Exponents x^5y^-3

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

Step 1

Move $y^{- 3}$ to the denominator in $y^{- 3}$ using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

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

Step 2

Rewrite $x^{5} y^{- 3}$ with positive exponents.

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