What do you do when an expression has a negative exponent?.

Mescalito asked Jan 15, 2023

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Mescalito asked Jan 15, 2023

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Answer:

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Explanation:

Move it to the other side of the fraction ( make it an inverse to change it to a + exponent)

Examples 5^-2 = 1/ ( 5^2)

1 / (x^-23) = x ^23

x^2 y^-3 = x^2 / y^3 etc

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