How do you simplify $(-3/5) ^3$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-21T13:34:13

$- 27/125$

A power of 3, called cubed, means three bases multiplied together.

In this case it is the fraction $-3/5 xx-3/5xx-3/5$

Multiply all the numerators and multiply all the denominators.

This can also be written as $-3^3/5^3$

$- 27/125$

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