Question

1/a^-5 write the answer using positive exponents. i was just wondering if the answer is just to flip it

Answer 1

Yep, just flip the base 1/a to get a/1 which is just 'a' and write the exponent 5 over it

So \[\large \frac{1}{a^{-5}}=a^{5}\]

Answer 2

yeah its the reciprocal, your right! :)