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How do you simplify #3a^ 2b^ -3#?

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Feb 1, 2017

Use this rule for exponents to simplify (remove the negative exponent):

#x^color(red)(a) = 1/x^color(red)(-a)#

#3a^2b^color(red)(-3) = (3a^2)/b^color(red)(- -3)= (3a^2)/b^color(red)(3)#

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