Question

Simplify each of the following. Write your answer using only positive exponents. Assume that all variables represent nonzero numbers. x^3/x^-7

Please explain how to do this.

Answer 1

okay do you how to convert a negative exponent to a positive one?

Answer 2

Do you flip the equation?

Answer 3

$$\frac{x^3}{x^{-7}}$$

Answer 4

kinda \[x^{-n}=\frac{ 1 }{ x^n }\]

Answer 5

So then what?
Just add the exponents 3 & 7?

Answer 6

yup you got it.

Answer 7

Okay thanks!

Answer 8

also you could have tried subtracting the exponets instead of converting them.\[\frac{ x^n }{ x^k }=x ^{n-k}\]