Product Quotient Negative Exponent Rule

Simplify the expression so that it contains only positive exponents.

Rewrite each expression with a negative exponent.
¹/_12⁴

• ¹/_12^-4

• 12⁴

• ¹/_20,736

• 12^-4

• 8x⁴
• 8x⁸
• 6x⁴
• 6x⁸

• A
• B
• C
• D

(y⁹)^-2

• y¹⁸

• y¹¹

• 1/y¹⁸

• y⁹/2

Make this negative exponent positive.
9^-3

• 9³

• 1/9^-3

• 1/9³

• 729

Evaluate the expression using the quotient rule.

• x¹³

• x⁵

• x³⁶

• x^-5

Simplify the exponential expression:

• 10x^-2

• 2x²

• 2x¹²

• 10x¹²