Day: February 21, 2017

Math 10 Week #3

alexr2015

This week we talked about rational exponents. Most of the time, we dealt with negative exponents.

Just about every single number, whenever it contains a negative exponent, the base must be reciprocated.

3^{-3}

Notice the negative exponent? This means the base must be reciprocated. When the base is reciprocated, the negative is removed from the exponent.

\frac{1}{3^3}

Note that for a number such as {2x^-3} the two will stay as a numerator, while the $latex x^{-3

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}&s=2$ will be “dragged down” into the world of denominators.

\frac{2}{x^3}