One question that stumped me this week was in the practice test: (exponents)

is equivalent to:

I knew that…

-5 is the coefficient

-x is the base

-(-2) is the exponent

At first, I thought that all we needed to do was use the negative exponent law, so the 1 would be on top.

BUT, as I looked at the answers I realized that I needed to put the coefficient 5 on top in replacement for the 1.