Question

How do you simplify `6r^-1` and write it using only positive exponents?

Answer 1

To simplify this to having only positive exponents we will use these rule of exponents:

`x^color(red)(a) = 1/x^color(red)(-a)` and `a^color(red)(1) = a`

`6r^-1 = 6/r^(- -1) = 6/r^1 = 6/r`