Question

Explain negative exponents. Why do you find the reciprocal of the base and then, make the exponent positive?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation: A positive exponent tells us how many times to multiply a base number, and a negative exponent tells us how many times to divide a base number. We can rewrite negative exponents like x⁻ⁿ as 1 / xⁿ.