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Simplify this expression. Assume that x is nonzero.– 11.7X<-11.x?(Type exponential notation with positive exponents.)

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If two numbers have the same base ( the number below the exponent) then the multiplication of the two of them is the number with the same base but with the sum of its exponents (rule of exponents)


x^(-11)\cdot x^7=x^(-11+7)=x^(-4)

On the other hand, if a number is to the power a negative number, it means that it is the reciprocal elevated to the number, in this case


x^(-4)=((1)/(x))^4

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