Need Help Algebra1 Grade Math Problem

[Ankles]

Anything surrounded by * means exponents and its a fraction. How do I simplify this?


(-4x*2*) *-1*
(2x*-1*)

 

[koolestkid]

you'd just distribute the -1 into the entire perenthesis on top so it would be 4x^-2/2x^-1

 

[Ankles]

Thanks

 

[Koot]

Then you can cancel out some x's and generally you have the exponent as a positive.

 

[Sin666]

^ is generally used to denote exponents.

((-4x^2)/(2x^-1))^-1 =
(-4x^2)^-1/(2x^-1)^-1 =
((-1/4)*(x^-2))/((1/2)(x^1)) =
((-1/4)*(x^-2))/(1/2x) =
-1/(2x^3)

So, the answer is -1/(2x^3)

 

[BULK Mills]

wow thats hard

 

[malyce]

then negative -1 power just means you flip the entire fraction on the other side. Also, write your exponents as x^-1

I'll solve this later when I get out of class. It's going to be easy though.

Nevermind, this is from like 2 weeks ago. Who keeps reviving old posts?