Q. Write the following expression without negative exponents and without parentheses.3x−2Answer:
Rewrite negative exponent: To remove the negative exponent, we can use the rule that a−n=an1, where a is the base and n is the positive exponent. This means we need to take the reciprocal of the base when the exponent is negative.Calculation: 3x−2=3×(x21)
Simplify further: Now that we have rewritten the expression without the negative exponent, we can simplify it further by understanding that multiplication by a number is the same as multiplying its reciprocal by the reciprocal of that number.Calculation: 3×(1/x2)=x23
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