This whole ugly thing is just 6 numbers that are all multiplied.
Here they are:
(-7) · (x⁶) · (y⁻³) · (5) · (x⁻¹) · (y) .
To help you see what's going on, I'm going to rearrange them
and write them in a different order. (You'll remember that when
you multiply, the order of the numbers doesn't matter.)
(-7)·(5) · (x⁶)·(x⁻¹) · (y⁻³)·(y) .
I'll bet you can see it already. It's really starting to fall apart.
Remember that when you have to multiply the same base to
different powers, you just add the powers.
So here's the multiplication:
(-7)·(5) · (x⁶)·(x⁻¹) · (y⁻³)·(y) .
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-35 · x⁵ · y⁻²
-35 x⁵ y⁻²
or you could write it as -35x⁵ / y² which is the same thing.
