How do you simplify #1/(3p^-4)#?
1 Answer
Mar 9, 2016
Explanation:
A negative exponent denotes:
#a^-b=1/a^b#
Yielding the expression:
#=1/(3(1/p^4)#
To simplify this, multiply the fraction by
#=1/(3(1/p^4))(p^4/p^4)#
The denominator equals
#=3(1/p^4)(p^4)=3#
since
Since the numerator is just
#=p^4/3#