Question 208731: Simply each expression.
Use only positive exponents in answers!!
(x^5)^-10
Answer by DRichardson(63)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hello There,
In the recent years, this is how i have been taught to sovle a problem like this.
(x^5)^-10
In a problem like this, when it is a multiplication or division problem, that depends on what task you perform to the exponent.
If we add this we will get -5 no matter how we add it.
There are two ways that we will be able to subtract this. 5 + -10 or -10 + 5, we will get the answer of - 5 each time.
We could now divide since the other ways do not keep the exponent positive. No matter how we do it, the answer will come up negative.
We could now multiply, now matter how we do this, we will end up with a negative number.
Because none of those worked today with this problem, i solved the equation and the solution i came up with was (x ^ -5) If you are not allowed to use this then please let me know, and maybe contact your teacher about it. I will do whatever i can to help
Delilah R.
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