SOLUTION: i am working on negative exponents and i dont know how to solve -3 to the exponent of 9 dived by -3 to the power of 9 im stuck can you please help me?
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Question 513815: i am working on negative exponents and i dont know how to solve -3 to the exponent of 9 dived by -3 to the power of 9 im stuck can you please help me? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! i am working on negative exponents and i dont know how to solve -3 to the exponent of 9 divided by -3 to the power of 9 im stuck can you please help me?
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This problem does not have a negative exponent:
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(-3)^9/(-3)^9 = 1
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(-3)^9/-3^9 = [(-1)^9*(3^9)]/[-(3^9)] = [-(3^9)/-(3^9)] = 1
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-3^9/-3^9 = 1
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Note: A negative in the exponent means you should
invert the base.
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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