Question

Write the below problem...

Answer 1

do you know what the reciprocal of a number is?

Answer 2

@jdoe0001 : Yes. Like... 2's reciprocal is 1/2.

Answer 3

2's?

Answer 4

@jdoe0001 : The number 2

Answer 5

ohh.. yes

Answer 6

well, and 1/2 can be expressed as \(\large 2^{-1}\)

Answer 7

$$
\large {
\cfrac{1}{x} \implies x^{-1}\\
\\
\sqrt[\color{blue}{n}]{x^\color{red}{m}} \implies x^{\frac{\color{red}{m}}{\color{blue}{n}}}
}
$$

Answer 8

so, try that with your denominator

Answer 9

\(\large
\cfrac{a}{x} \implies ax^{-1}\\
\)

Answer 10

@jdoe0001 Oh! So that's how you would do that. So... Would it be something like this?:
\[8x^{15/7}\]

Answer 11

\(\large 8x^{-15/7}\)

Answer 12

negative, the "x" is in reciprocal form

Answer 13

Ah, my mistake. I mistyped.

Answer 14

Thanks!