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3 years ago

Simplify (-5x^3)^-2 using only positive exponents

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mihalych1998 [28]3 years ago

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Hope you know that x^(-1) = 1/x used this you get

(-5x^3)^-2 = 1/(-5x^3)^2 = 1/{(-5^2)(x^6)} = 1/(25x^6)

hope helped

Alona [7]3 years ago

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$a^{-n}=\dfrac{1}{a^n}\\\\(a^n)^m=a^{n\cdot m}\\\\(a\cdot b)^n=a^n\cdot b^n\\------------------\\\\\left(-5x^3\right)^{-2}=\dfrac{1}{\left(-5x^3\right)^2}=\dfrac{1}{(-5)^2(x^3)^2}=\dfrac{1}{25x^{3\cdot2}}=\boxed{\dfrac{1}{25x^6}}$

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