SOLUTION: If a and b are real numbers and n is a positive integer, write a simplified expression for the product of a to the negative n power times b to the zero power that contains only pos

Question 391491: If a and b are real numbers and n is a positive integer, write a simplified expression for the product of a to the negative n power times b to the zero power that contains only positive exponents. Explain your answer. HELP!!!
Answer by jsmallt9(3758) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Any number, except zero, raised to the zero power is always a 1. So as long as "b" in not zero, then and the expression becomes:

which simplifies to:

And since means the reciprocal of , this expression can be rewritten as:

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