Simplify (y^-6)/y - MathMaster

$\frac{y^{- 6}}{y}$

Move $y^{- 6}$ to the denominator using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{y \cdot y^{6}}$

Multiply $y$ by $y^{6}$ by adding the exponents.

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Multiply $y$ by $y^{6}$ .

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Raise $y$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{1}{y^{1} y^{6}}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{1}{y^{1 + 6}}$

Add $1$ and $6$ .

$\frac{1}{y^{7}}$

Simplify (y^-6)/y

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