Question

What is the value of the expression (–5) -3?

1. Apply the negative exponents rule:    
1
(−5)3

2. Expand the power:          
1
(−5)(−5)(−5)

3. Simplify:               
1
x

What is the value of x?

x =

Answer 1

plz help

Answer 2

what is \( (-5) * (-5) * (-5) = ?\)

Answer 3

Remember a negative number times negative number gives us a positive number

and a positive number times a negative number gives us a negative number

Answer 4

This summarizes it pretty well

Answer 5

ok thanks for the help

Answer 6

My pleasure!

Answer 7

@AZ a tiny mistake here is that I think this is a negative exponent problem

Answer 8

hmm I take that back, maybe I'm reading the formatting wrong

good job either way tho

Answer 9

I understood that there was a formatting error when copy-pasting the question and took that into consideration.

This is how I understood the question to be:
\((-5)^{-3} = \Large\frac{1}{(-5)^{3}} = \frac{1}{(-5)\times (-5) \times (-5)} = \frac{1}{x}\)

Answer 10

yeah, that's my bad then
you've got a good eye to be able help with the question despite the formatting

Answer 11

haha, thank you!