Practice - Negative Exponent Law
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Practice Questions
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Simplify $3^{-2}$.
💡 Hint: Remember the reciprocal rule.
Express $a^{-4}$ in positive exponents.
💡 Hint: Convert it to a reciprocal.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does $a^{-n}$ equal?
💡 Hint: Think about how negative signs transform exponents.
Is $5^{-2} = \frac{1}{5^2}$ true or false?
💡 Hint: Reciprocal always helps with negatives!
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Challenge Problems
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Simplify $\frac{3^{-4} + 4^{-2}}{2^{-3}}$.
💡 Hint: Convert each term to positive exponents first, and work through the operations carefully.
Evaluate the expression $x^{-1/2}$ in terms of radicals.
💡 Hint: Recall how to express exponent fractions in radical form.
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