NEGATIVE EXPONENTS

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What is a negative exponent?

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A negative exponent indicates that the base should be taken as the reciprocal and raised to the opposite positive exponent.

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Rewrite using a positive exponent: g^-7

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1/g^7

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Rewrite using a positive exponent: w^-13

Back

1/w^13

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Simplify: 5^-2

Back

1/25

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Rewrite using a positive exponent: 7^-10

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1/7^10

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What is 10^0 equivalent to?

Back

1

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If a^(-n) = 1/(a^n), what does this mean?

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It means that a negative exponent represents the reciprocal of the base raised to the positive exponent.

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What is the value of x^-1?

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1/x

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How do you express 2^-3 in positive exponent form?

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1/(2^3) or 1/8

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What is the result of (3^-2) * (3^2)?

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1 (since the exponents cancel out)