First, you would square everything inside the parenthesis and you would get: 9(a^-4)(b^2)/(a^2)(b^-3) Then, you would put the variables with negative exponents onto the opposite side, so that all the exponents are positive. 9(b^3)(b^2)/(a^2)(a^4) Then you would add like terms and end up with: 9(b^5)/(a^6)