Fraction and Negative Exponents

Simplify

• -16

• 16

Rewrite using a positive exponent.
g^-7

• ¹/_g⁷

• g⁷

• ¹/_g^-7

• -g⁷

Rewrite each expression with a negative exponent.
¹/_12⁴

• ¹/_12^-4

• 12⁴

• ¹/_20,736

• 12^-4

• 4^4/3
• 4^3/4
• 2^4/3
• 2^3/4

• a^-3

• a³

• 3a

• 4^-2

• 1/4²

• 1/16

• all of the above

Solve

• a^-2

• a²

• 1/a¹

What is the value of 2^-2

(Your answer should NOT be in decimal form).

What is the value of (1/3)^-1

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Negative Exponent Law states: you must change the exponent to a positive by doing what?

• just change it to positive

• move to the bottom of fraction bar

• move it to the opposite side of fraction bar