Question

if x < 0 which of the following is negitive?
-x,x2,x3,1/-x the 2 and 3 are exponents

Answer 1

just plug some negative numbers in the expressions, it should become apparent after one or 2 examples

Answer 2

X is a negative number
so if a negative sign is in front a negative number the number becomes positive which means we can cancel.....
any negative number squared means -X*-X which becomes positive so...
any negative number cubed means -X*-X*-X which becomes negative so...
The Answer will be....