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

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-09T19:32:47

$(2x^3y^3)/(2xy^3)$

anything to a negative exponent means it's really $1/"number"$
therefore:
$(2x^3)/y^3*y^3/(2x)$

Fractions multiply top $times$ top, bottom $times$ bottom

$(2x^3*y^3)/(2x*y^3)$

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