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5^-3 write an equivalent expression without negative exponents

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Answer:

1/125

Explanation:

When you are doing negative exponential problems, you take the base (5) and you make it a unit fraction, in this case, 1/5. You continue this process 3 times, so it would be 1/5*1/5*1/5 which is 1/125.

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