Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 8
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Exercise 27 Page 364

What does the Negative Exponent Property say?

1/y^5

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To simplify the given exponential expression, we will use the Negative Exponent Property.

Negative Exponent Property

a^(- n)=1/a^n, for every nonzero number a

Let's simplify the given expression using these properties.
y^(- 8) * y^3
y^(- 8 +3)
y^(-5)
1/y^5