Question

Express the following fraction in simplest form, only using positive exponents. 5 3(v1) 2v-1

Answer 1

`\begin{gathered} (-3(v^(-1))^5)/(2v^(-1))\text{ = -}(3)/(2)((v^(-5)))/(v^(-1))\text{ } \\ =-(3)/(2)(v^(-5-(-1))))\text{ =-}(3)/(2)(v^(-5+1))=-(3)/(2)v^(-4) \end{gathered}`

So we brought the numbers out and worked on v alone