Answer:
Raising something to a negative exponent is just taking the reciprocal of the amount.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let's assume that you wanted to know what 
is.
To find it, you would take the reciprocal of the x amount. So becomes 
.
This works because of the nature of exponents. Exponents represent the number of times you are multiplying a value by itself. So 
would be equal to a · a · a. To increase the exponent, you increase the number of times the value is multiplied by itself: To increase to 
, you would have to multiply a with two more times (a · a · a · a · a). To decrease the exponent, you must divide the value by itself. So to decrease to 
, you would have to divide by a 3 times.
If the exponent is 0, the value is equal to 1. But you can still decrease the exponent into negative numbers. You just divide 1 by a the desired amount of times: 
means that you are dividing 1 by a 3 times.
Hope this helps.
Answer:
Answer: I believe that A is the correct answer.
On average, females text more than males.
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
6) 2/3
7) 1/2
8) 5/8
9) 3/4
10) 1
11) 1
12) 7/12
Hope this helps :^)
Step-by-step explanation:
-5a^2 - 7a = -a x (5a + 7)
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