Ahh yes, negative exponents always give us a scare once and a while. All the negative means is to flip the position of its base. For instance, if x has a negative exponent and x in the denominator, all you would have to do is move x to the numerator with the same power (except it's no longer negative). Before we substitute x and all the other variables which the values given, let's eliminate the negatives first.
After flipping positions/eliminating the negative exponents it should look like this:

which simplifies to

now that everything is simplified, and all negative exponents are eliminated we can substitute x with 2, and y with (-4).

which simplifies to

Final Answer: - \frac{1}{32} [/tex]
The decimal form for nine and fifteen thousandths is 09.15
Answer:
D.x = 6; m∠XOY = 18°
Step-by-step explanation:
Supplementary angles add to 180 and complementary angles add to 90
∠WOZ + ∠WOX = 180
108 + ∠WOX = 180
∠WOX + ∠XOY = 90
∠WOX + 3x = 90
∠WOX = 90 -3x
Replace WOX in the first equation
108 + ∠WOX = 180
108 + 90 -3x = 180
Combine like terms
198 -3x = 180
Subtract 198 from each side
-3x = 180-198
-3x = -18
Divide by -3
-3x/-3 = -18/-3
x = 6
∠XOY = 3x = 3*6 = 18
Consent is 5 coefficient is 3x hope this helps
Simplify -5x + 12 - 7x to -12x + 12
-12x + 12 = -3(5x + 8)
Expand
-12x + 12 = -15x - 24
Add 15x to both sides
-12x + 12 + 15x = -24
Simplify 12x + 12 + 15x to 3x + 12
3x + 12 = -24
Subtract 12 from both sides
3x = -24 - 12
Simplify -24 - 12 to -36
3x = -36
Divide both sides by 3
x = -36/3
Simplify 36/3 to 12
<u>x = -12</u>