Question

Simplify. Your answer should contain only positive exponents with no fractional exponents in the denominator.

Answer 1

Answer:

$\dfrac{x^{\frac{2}{3}}y^{\frac{1}{4}}}{4y^{2}}$.

Step-by-step explanation:

The given expression is  

$\dfrac{3y^{\frac{1}{4}}}{4x^{-\frac{2}{3}}y^{\frac{3}{2}}\cdot 3y^{\frac{1}{2}}}$

We need to simplify the expression such that answer should contain only positive exponents with no fractional exponents in the denominator.

Using properties of exponents, we get

$\dfrac{3}{4\cdot 3}\cdot \dfrac{y^{\frac{1}{4}}}{x^{-\frac{2}{3}}y^{\frac{3}{2}+\frac{1}{2}}}$    $[\because a^ma^n=a^{m+n}]$

$\dfrac{1}{4}\cdot \dfrac{y^{\frac{1}{4}}}{x^{-\frac{2}{3}}y^{2}}$

$\dfrac{1}{4}\cdot \dfrac{x^{\frac{2}{3}}y^{\frac{1}{4}}}{y^{2}}$         $[\because a^{-n}=\dfrac{1}{a^n}]$

$\dfrac{x^{\frac{2}{3}}y^{\frac{1}{4}}}{4y^{2}}$

We can not simplify further because on further simplification we get negative exponents in numerator or fractional exponents in the denominator.

Therefore, the required expression is $\dfrac{x^{\frac{2}{3}}y^{\frac{1}{4}}}{4y^{2}}$.