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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do you turn -c^3d^-4 into a positive algebraic solution?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

u change all the negative signs to positive

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i did that navi1996. and i put it over 1. but i still got it wrong.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

when you have negative exponents it is simplified, so you have to do 1/d^4 which is the same as d^-4, so the answer is -c^3/d^4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

it is not* simplified is what i meant

OpenStudy (anonymous):

you put the answer you have over one rright? if so, i did that and i still got it wrong.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

what do you mean put the answer over 1?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

under*...my bad.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

anything divided by 1 is itself.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh, you only put the d^4 over one because d^-4 is the same thing as 1/d^4. You dont do that with c^3 because its exponent is positive so you leave it on the top of the fraction. |dw:1327884383704:dw|

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