Question

A good rule of thumb to follow when dealing with rational exponents that are negative is to make them positive before working through the problem. To change a term with a negative exponent to a term with a positive exponent you simply need to rewrite the term on the _____________ side of the fraction bar and change the sign to ______________.

Answer 1

Hmm I'm not exactly sure what words they're looking for.
I would guess:

" To change a term with a negative exponent to a term with a positive exponent you simply need to rewrite the term on the `other` side of the fraction bar."

Example:\[\large \frac{x^{-2}}{1} \qquad=\qquad \frac{1}{x^2}\]
Or another example:\[\large \frac{1}{x^{-3}} \qquad=\qquad \frac{x^3}{1}\]

Answer 2

"a term with a negative exponent to a term with a positive exponent ... and change the sign to ______________."

So with the way they worded it, we're starting with a `negative exponent`.
So if you had to change the sign of the exponent, what would it change to?

Answer 3

positive