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HELP IM STRUGGLING

These examples show the application of the negative exponent property. Which two examples correctly apply this property?

HELP IM STRUGGLING These examples show the application of the negative exponent property-example-1

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Answers: Choice A and choice C

Reason:

The general rule is that
a^(-b) = (1)/(a^b) which can be rewritten as
a^(b) = (1)/(a^(-b))

This rule says that to make the exponent positive, we apply the reciprocal to the base.

Another example would be something like
x^(-2) = (1)/(x^2)

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