SOLUTION: please help me solve this equation! {{{ 5ab^-5/ 5^-1a^-1b^4 }}}

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Question 762800: please help me solve this equation! +5ab%5E-5%2F+5%5E-1a%5E-1b%5E4+
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
When we have negative exponents, all we do to get rid of them is move them either up or down across the fraction bar, like this:
{ 5a5^(1)a^(1)/ b^5 b^4 }
Now we can simplify it:
25a^2/b^9
Make sense?
RJ
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