How do you simplify $(3x^2y^2)/(2x^-1*4yx^2)$ and write it using only positive exponents?

Question

3921 views around the world

You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License

Answer 1 · 2018-05-21T19:13:09

$3/8xy$

Writing
$(3x^2y^2)/((2/x)*4*x^2*y)$
Cancelling $x$ in the denominator:
$(3x^2y^2)/(8xy)$
Cancelling $xy$ in the numerator:
$3/8xy$

How do you simplify (3x^2y^2)/(2x^-1*4yx^2)(3x^2y^2)/(2x^-1*4yx^2) and write it using only positive exponents?