Question

What expression is equivalent to (53)–2?

Answer 1

Do you mean

\[\Large 53^{-2}\]

???

Answer 2

yes

Answer 3

what rules do you know about negative exponents?

Answer 4

not much

Answer 5

so you've never seen this rule before?

\[\Large x^{-k} = \frac{1}{x^k}\]

Answer 6

i keep disconnecting sorry

Answer 7

ive seen that

Answer 8

what is k in this case?

Answer 9

53

Answer 10

yes that is what it looks like