Dividing with a negative in Denom

**wykamikaam** · June 14th 2009, 05:56 PM

$(\frac{-p^{-1}q^{-1}}{(-3)pq^{-3}})^{-2}<br />$

**wykamikaam** · June 14th 2009, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by wykamikaam

$(\frac{-p^{-1}q^{-1}}{(-3)pq^{-3}})^{-2}<br />$

Ok the original post is finally updated to show the correct expression. I would love to show my work so far but I am stuck on where to start on this one.

**Shyam** · June 14th 2009, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by wykamikaam

$(\frac{-p^{-1}q^{-1}}{(-3)pq^{-3}})^{-2}<br />$

$\left(\frac{-p^{-1}q^{-1}}{(-3)pq^{-3}}\right)^{-2}<br />$

$=\left(\frac{q^3}{3ppq}\right)^{-2}$

$=\left(\frac{q^2}{3p^2}\right)^{-2}$

$=\left(\frac{3p^2}{q^2}\right)^{2}$

$=\frac{9p^4}{q^4}$

**wykamikaam** · June 14th 2009, 06:36 PM

Thank you very much. Your post helped me figure it out completely!

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