Simplify the expression. Remove all negative and zero exponents. Assume the expression is defined. $\left( \frac { x } { 2 y } \right) ^ { 2 }$
A) $\frac { x ^ { 2 } } { 4 y ^ { 2 } }$
B) $\frac { x } { 2 y }$
C) $\frac { x ^ { 2 } } { 4 y }$
D) $\frac { x } { 4 y ^ { 2 } }$
E) $\frac { x ^ { 2 } } { 2 y ^ { 2 } }$

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To remove the negative exponent we take the reciprocal of the fraction, which gives us $\frac{2y}{x}$ as the denominator. Then we can simply square the numerator and denominator to get $\frac{x^2}{4y^2}$.

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