Question

How do you get rid of the negative exponents in `(-4a ^ { 3} b ^ { - 5} ) ^ { - 2}`?

Answer 1

Explanation:

There are two rules we may use here:

1) Negative exponent rule

`a ^ ( - b ) = ( 1 / ( a ^ b ) )`

2) Multiplying powers

`( a ^ m ) ^ n = a ^ ( mn )`