Mathematics
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Help, Please? Thank you:))
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Could I please have some help on solving this \[\frac{ 1 }{ \sqrt[3]{x ^{-6}} }\]
OpenStudy (jhannybean):
rewrite the denominator as \[\large \sqrt[n]{x^m} \implies x^{m/n}\]
OpenStudy (jhannybean):
So: \(\large \sqrt[3]{x^{-6}} = x^{-6/3} = x^?\)
OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[x ^{2}\]
OpenStudy (jhannybean):
Forgetting a sign.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Correct? Would that be all to do?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Oh the (-)!!
OpenStudy (anonymous):
\[x^{-2}\]
OpenStudy (jhannybean):
\[\large x^{-6/3}=x^{-2}\]\[\frac{1}{x^{-\#}} \iff x^{+\#}\]
OpenStudy (jhannybean):
Therefore \[\frac{1}{x^{-2}} = x^{2}\]
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
Did it turn into a positive because the 1 is positive, or is that just a rule?
OpenStudy (jhannybean):
It's just the rule.
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Is there a name to it, would you happen to know?
OpenStudy (jhannybean):
If you have a negative in the denominator, raise it to the numerator, vice versa.
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Oh okay, thank you very much!!
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OpenStudy (jhannybean):
Just remember: \[x^{-\#} = \frac{1}{x^{\#}}~,~ \frac{1}{x^{-\#}} = x^{\#}\]
OpenStudy (anonymous):
Thank you:)!!
OpenStudy (jhannybean):
No problem.