How do you evaluate $(5x ^ { - 3} y ) ( 6x ^ { 7} y ^ { - 4} )$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-30T02:29:19

$(5x^(-3)y)(6x^7y^(-4))=color(blue)((30x^4)/(y^3)$

Simplify:

$(5x^(-3)y)(6x^7y^(-4))$

Simplify the parentheses.

$5x^(-3)yxx6x^7y^(-4)$

Multiply $5$ and $6$ .

$30x^(-3)yx^7y^(-4)$

Gather like variables.

$30x^(-3)x^(7)yy^(-4)$

Apply the product rule of exponents: $a^ma^n=a^(m+n)$ . (No exponent is understood to be $1$ .

$30x^(-3+7)y^(1-4)$

Simplify.

$30x^(4)y^(-3)$

Apply the negative exponent rule: $a^(-m)=1/a^m$ .

$(30x^4)/(y^3)$ $larr$ Answer

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