Thread: Tell me im not a complete idiot :P

Alright here goes

((-y^3/2)/(y^-1/3))^3

NOW

Sorry about all the brackets, but anyways

Ive done all i know how to do to it to simplify it and im pretty sure its just undefined? Who knows :S?

Originally Posted by Djaevel

Alright here goes

((-y^3/2)/(y^-1/3))^3

NOW

Sorry about all the brackets, but anyways

Ive done all i know how to do to it to simplify it and im pretty sure its just undefined? Who knows :S?

I assume this is your expression ...



first, use the law of exponents for division ...

... then cube the result.

But dont y and -y count as different things? I dunno i cant remember all of this

Originally Posted by Djaevel

But dont y and -y count as different things? I dunno i cant remember all of this

-y is just -1 times y

Ohh gotcha so i just have to make the end result negative, riiigghhtt right its semi coming back to me >< Just started a university math course and i dont remember math 12 at all :S