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In Exercises 1–6, use the rules of exponents to simplify the following expressions and remove all zero and negative exponents. Assume that all variables are nonzero.
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To simplify: The expression
Answer to Problem 1TE
The positive exponent form of the expression
Explanation of Solution
Property used:
Zero and negative exponents.
For
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Calculation:
The given expression is
The expression
Therefore, the positive exponent form of the expression
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