How do you simplify $12 x^{- 8} y$ $12x^-8y$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-03-18T19:54:04

Negative exponent is reciprocal of a positive exponent.

When you have a negative exponent, you move that term from numerator to denominator (or vice versa), and make the exponent positive.

$12 x^{- 8} y$ $12x^-8y$ = $\frac{12 y}{x^{8}}$ $(12y)/x^8$

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