Question

How do you simplify `1/x^-3`?

Answer 1

Recall that negative exponents means that you flip the sign over. This is because `x^-1 = 1/x`

Therefore, to connect that idea, `1/x^-3` becomes

`1/(1/x^3)`

The negative sign becomes positive when you flip the fraction.

From here, you just do fraction division, flip the denominator over and multiply.

The final answer would then be `1*x^3` or `x^3`