Question

Help me you kings and queens

Answer 1

When you have a negative exponent, you move the base with the negative exponent to the other side of the fraction to make the exponent positive.

For example:

`x^(-3)` or
`(x^(-3))/(1) =(1)/(x^3)`

`(1)/(y^(-2)) =(y^2)/(1)` or
`y^2`

`2^(-3)=(1)/(2^3) =(1)/(8)`

#1:
`2^5=2*2*2*2*2=32`

#2.
`2^(-4)` Make the exponent positive
`(1)/(2^4) =(1)/(2*2*2*2) =(1)/(16)`

#3:
`5^(-2)` Make the exponent positive
`(1)/(5^2) =(1)/(5*5) =(1)/(25)`

#4.
`5^3=5*5*5=125`