How do you simplify #\frac{a^{-2}b^{-3}}{c^{-1}}# without any negative or fractional exponents in the answer?
1 Answer
Dec 19, 2014
Well, I am not completely sure it is what you want but here it is:
what happens is that a negative exponent allows you to "change floor" to your factor in a fraction.
So if you have:
Same thing with
If the factor is already "downstairs", in the denominator, you can take it "upstairs" to the numerator, loosing again the minus sign.