Question

Use the rules of exponents to evaluate or simplify. Write without negative exponents.

Answer 1

Whenever you have a negative exponent:

If it is in the numerator, move it to the denominator

If it is in the denominator, move it to the numerator

In both cases the exponent then becomes positive

Answer 2

the answer in this case would be 16.

= \[\frac{ 1 }{ 1/16 }\]

you can flip the fraction over so that you are multiplying.

= \[\frac{ 1 }{ 1 } * \frac{ 16 }{ 1 }\]

= 16.

Therefore, your final answer would be 16 using the rules of fraction multiplication and division, which if you did not know are kindly provided by the user agent0smith