How to Simplify Negative Exponents | Mathcation
How to Solve Negative Exponents
Negative Exponents refer to bases that are raised to a power that is negative. In order to simplify bases raised to negative exponents, you must make the exponents positive. The shortcut for changing negative exponents into positive exponents, is to flip the term with a negative exponent over the fraction line. Once the term has been flipped over the fraction line, the exponent becomes positive.
If there is nothing left on one side of the fraction line, you use the number one as a place holder. If there are any other like terms, you must simplify the problem by either multiplying or dividing the exponents of the like terms.
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