Week2-Math 10-Negative exponents

The most important thing I learned in week 2 of math10 was the negative exponent rule.

#1 The negative exponent rule states that if there is a base with a negative exponent we change the position of that base to the other side of the fraction.

E.X: x^{-2} = 1/ x^{-2}

#2 Then we remove the negative sign and we have completed the negative exponent rule!

E.X: 1/ x^{2}

This rule can go both ways, so if we have a negative exponent at the bottom of the fraction we can move it up top without a negative sign!

E.X: 1/ x^{-2} = x^{2} / 1

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