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

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-24T15:34:29

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There are two rules we may use here:

1) Negative exponent rule

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

2) Multiplying powers

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

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