Question

What do you do when you divide exponents?

Answer 1

well, you just said it, you divide them

Answer 2

unless you meant something else

Answer 3

I'm having trouble with negative exponents in particular

Answer 4

\(\bf a^{-m} = \cfrac{1}{a^m}\)

Answer 5

this is the problem I'm working on: 12x^(-3)y^(2)/18xy^(-1)

Answer 6

\[\Large \frac{ x^a }{ x^b } = x^{a-b}\]for example \[\Large \frac{ x^6 }{ x^2 } = x^{6-4}\]

Answer 7

thanks jdoe0001, your response really helped me out :)