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If you have a negative exponent, it's not happy (Let's pretend). You want to make it happy, so, you'll change its side. FOR EXAMPLE: If you have 3-4, you need to change it to the bottom to make it happy and positive. It would change to 1 over 34. If you have more numbers or letters in the equation, you would leave anything with positive exponents on top. FOR EXAMPLE: If you have 52 . X-4, The 52 would stay on top while X-4 would go on the bottom. Your answer would be 52 over X-4.
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Can a polynomial have a negative exponent?
Polynomials cannot have negative exponent.
What does it mean when an exponent is a negative number?
A negative exponent is the reciprocal of the corresponding positive exponent. 102 = 100 10-2 = 1/100
What is the meaning of negative exponent?
A negative exponent implies a reciprocal.Thus x^-a = 1/x^a or, equivalently, (1/x)^a
Why do you move a negative exponent to the other side of the fraction?
This is a procedure used to help people who are new to negative exponents. A negative exponent, when moved to the other side of the fraction, becomes a positive exponent and beginners are more comfortable with working with positive fractions.
What is a negative exponent?
When you have a number raised to a negative exponent, you move to the left rather than the right in decimal places. E.g. 103 = 1000 10-3 = 0.001 More specifically, when you have a negative exponent, you are taking the reciprocal of what the positive exponent would give. 24 = 16, but 2-4=(1/16) ■
