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A fraction with a negative exponent in the denominator 2015-04-30
From ellen:
7/ab to the -4 power
Answered by Penny Nom.
Exponential form 2012-09-04
From angie:
How do i write 9^-5 in exponential form?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Exponential form 2012-01-15
From Helen:
How do you write (1/x) in exponential form?
Answered by Penny Nom.
(27^r^-1)^-2/3 2011-04-24
From Yung-Ju:
(27^r^-1)^-2/3
Answered by Penny Nom.
A fraction with negative exponents 2009-02-14
From Gabriel:
What does the line seperating the top from the bottom mean? what does it tell you to do and what is the answer to the question?

Question 3

Simplify. Write the answer using only positive exponents. Assume all variables represent nonzero numbers.

(x^-5)^-4(x^-1y)^3
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(xy^4)^3


Answered by Penny Nom.
Negative Exponents 2008-01-29
From Bill:
t to the negative fourth power inside parenthesis to the ninth power
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t to the negative fourth power inside parenthesis to the third power

I am confused on how to start the problem. What I did was invert the Ts to make them positive and I then multiplied the powers. I am not sure if this is the correct process.

Answered by Harley Weston.
x^3 y^(-6) 2008-01-24
From Bill:
I need help completing this negative exponents problem:

x to the power of 3 multiplied by y to the power of negative 6.

What would the process to solving this problem be?

Answered by Penny Nom.
Negative exponents 2007-01-11
From Bob:
I have to write this "Y-7" (but the -7 is an exponent) as a positive exponent. How?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Negative exponents 2002-01-16
From Julie:
If z to the power of -4= 1/z4 then how would you solve 1/t-2?
Answered by Penny Nom.
 
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