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Exponents that are NOT a negative exponent therefore they are mostly whole numbers kind of:)
Rene Descarite
The same way you divide positive exponents like ( x^-7 ) / ( x^-12) = x^( -7 - - 12) = x^( -7+12) = x^5
If you have 10^-3 then you can consider it the same as (1/10^3) and you have changed the negative exponent to positive exponent. Similarly, if the original number is (1/10^-3), that is equivalent to 10^3. In most cases it is as simple as taking the reciprocal.
Rules for exponents to multiply powers, add the exponents to divide powers, subtract the exponents to find a power of a power, multiply the exponents to find a power of a quotient, apply the power top and bottom to find a power pf a product, apply the exponent to each factor in the product x0 = 1 anything to the power zero equals one x-a = 1/xa a negative exponent means "one over" the positive exponent