In week 2, we learned about changing negative exponents, into positive exponents. We do this because it is easier to work with positive exponents while solving an equation.

When a number has a negative exponent, imagine there is a 1 underneath like a fraction. For example, 5^-3/1, to make it a positive exponent, you are basically just switching the places so that the one is on the top and the 5^-3 is on the bottom, but instead of it being negative, it is a positive exponent. 1/5^3