Question

How do you simplify `w^-2 + 1/ w^-5`?

Answer 1

If by simply, you mean write without negative exponents, the answer is `(1+w^7)/w^2`

We can rewrite `1/w^-5` as `w^5`:
`w^-2+w^5`

Factor out the lowest degree:
`w^-2(1+w^7)`

We can rewrite `w^-2` as `1/w^2`
`(1+w^7)/w^2`