How do you simplify $5 a^{- 4}$ $5a^-4$ and write it using only positive exponents?

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Answer 1 · 2018-01-19T02:05:43

$\frac{1}{5 a^{4}}$ $1/(5a^4)$

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$a^{- b} = \frac{1}{a^{b}}$ $a^-b=1/(a^b)$

$:.5a^-4=1/(5a^4)$

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