negative exponents

negative exponents Rules for negative exponents Video Guide 0:14 Brief explanation of exponents using 2^-3 0:35 Set up a fraction 1/2^3 which becomes 1/8 0:55 Let's look at another example of a negative exponent 1/5^-2 1:32 1/5^-2 becomes 25 the video explains how 1:53 What do you do with x^-3y^5/x^2 y^-8 2:40 Move the negative exponent fromnumerator to the denominator and y^-8 to from the denominator to the numerator 2:43 Video explains final answer of y^13/x^5 3:13 Video explains what to do with negative exponents and parenthesis. For example: (2x)^-1 * (3x)^3/(5X^2)^-2