Question

How do you find the quotient `(-x)^5/(-x)`?

Answer 1

See the entire solution process below:

Explanation:

We will use these two rules of exponents to solve this problem:

`a = a^color(blue)(1)`

`x^color(red)(a)/x^color(blue)(b) = x^(color(red)(a)-color(blue)(b))`

`(-x)^5/(-x) = (-x)^5/(-x)^color(blue)(1) = (-x)^(color(red)(5)-color(blue)(1)) = (-x)^4`