253 * 0.27= 68.31 (discounted price)
253-68.31 OR 253*0.73= 184.69 (sale price)
You could rewrite

as

and be tempted to cancel out the factors of

. But this cancellation is only valid when

.
When

, you end up with the indeterminate form

, which is why

is not a zero.
A^-b is the same as 1/a^b.
When there is a negative power, place the number and power over 1.
a^b/a^c = a^(b-c).
c is a negative power, because it is being divided, and is underneath b, which is a positive (and so it stays in the numerator).
a^c/b^c = (a/b)^c
Inside this one, the power of c is distributed to all numbers inside the parenthesis, in this case a and b.
hope this helps
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