Question

Can someone walk me through how to evaluate this?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\frac{1}{5}$

Step-by-step explanation:

For a negative exponent you always flip the number so instead of $5^{-1}$ it would be $\frac{1}{5^{1} }$ and 5 to the first power is 5

Now for $5^{0}$ any exponent with a zero it always equals 1

So $\frac{1}{5} * 1 = \frac{1}{5}$

Hope this helps!