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Which is the simplified form of r^-7+s^-12

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Answer:

The simplest form is 1/r^7 + 1/s^12

Explanation:

User Matt Hulse
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Answer:

The simplest form is 1/r^7 + 1/s^12

Explanation:

The given expression is r^-7+s^-12.

Notice that the exponents of both the base are negative

So, we will apply the rule which is:

a^-b = 1/a^b

Which means that to change the exponent into positive we will write it as a fraction:

r^-7+s^-12.

= 1/r^7 + 1/s^12..

Therefore the simplest form is 1/r^7 + 1/s^12....

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