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Question 180086: how can we simplify radicals having negative indices??
please give examples....
i need it right away...
its our assignment...
thank you very much...
Answer by stanbon(57387) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If you mean "negative exponents", the negative means "invert".
So 3^(-1) means 1/3
And (2/3)^-1 means (3/2)
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Cheers,
Stan H.