If you like this Site about Solving Math Problems please let Google know by clicking the 1 button. Divide the numerator by the denominator to find the final decimal. As we have already discussed that negative exponents are nothing but fractions so every negative exponent can be converted to fractions and then we can perform the multiplication.
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Solve for the variable x 9 - 1 x fbox 8 Check. Flip the base and exponent into the reciprocal then solve the denominator. Switch each exponent from negative to positive by flipping finding the reciprocal of its base. The answer is 116.