How do you simplify $2v^-3$ and write it using only positive exponents?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-21T15:00:26

$2/v^3$

One of the rules for exponents is:

$color(red)(x^a = 1/x^-a)$

Us this rule on the problem gives:

$2v^-3 = 2/v^(-(-3)) = 2/v^3$

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