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darkletters

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i cant do the ptoblem 5 over q to the negitive power of three rewritten to positive
exponents
 
darkletters said:
i cant do the ptoblem 5 over q to the negitive power of three rewritten to positive
exponents

A variable with a negative exponent can be changed to a variable with a positive exponent if you put the variable on the other side of the fraction bar.

1/n^(-a) = n^a

likewise, n^(-a) = 1/n^a

so that

6/m^(-5) = 6m^5
 
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