SOLUTION: Write using positive exponents and simplify, if possible. 5–^3

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Question 775560: Write using positive exponents and simplify, if possible. 5–^3
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5^(-3) {five to the negative third power}

1
-- {to make a negative exponent positive, move it up or down, opposite of where it currently is}
5³

1
--- {evaluated exponent}
125

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