Question

How do you simplify a radical expression if a variable with a negative exponent is on the top (as the numerator)?

Answer 1

Note that
`x^(-p)` is the same thing as `1/x^p`

Your question might imply a couple different forms:

1. `(x^(-p))/sqrt(q) = 1/(x^p * sqrt(q))`

2. `sqrt( (x^(-p)) / q) = sqrt( 1/(x^p q)`

or perhaps something else I haven't thought of.

Hopefully this is enough to get you on your way!