How do you simplify \frac { m ^ { - 10} } { m ^ { - 3} }m10m3?

1 Answer
Jul 16, 2017

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

Use this rule of exponents to simplify this expression, including eliminating negative exponents:

x^color(red)(a)/x^color(blue)(b) = 1/x^(color(blue)(b)-color(red)(a))xaxb=1xba

m^color(red)(-10)/m^color(blue)(-3) = 1/m^(color(blue)(-3)-color(red)(-10)) = 1/m^(color(blue)(-3)+color(red)(10)) =m10m3=1m310=1m3+10=

1/m^71m7