Question

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

Any number raised to a negative power is equivalent to the reciprocal of the positive exponent of the number.

Answer 1

it means

\[x ^{-n} = \frac{ 1 }{ x ^{n} }\]

-n is th enegative power
1/x is the reciprocal

Answer 2

i think i fiqured it out its just im not good at fractions