Posted by tara on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 10:20pm.
You are right. You can write the answer either way.
For example, if a and b are both positive,
x^a*x^-b = x^(a-b) or 1/x^(b-a)
but why cant there be a neg. on top? why do u move it to the bottom and make it positive?(note:neg6,5,2 and 4 are exponents)
(4a-6b5)(7a2b4)= 28a-5b9
the final answer will be 28b9
over
a5
my question was why do you move the "a" negative 5 to the bottom and make it a postive "a" 5
I hope i'm wording this right.
You can. Just move the exponent up or down between numerator and denominator and change the sign. It's the same number either way.
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