Which of the following expressions is equivalent to 1/a^-5 a. 1/a^5 b. a^5 c. a ^-5 d. -1/a^5

To make that negative exponent positive, we have to put it under a 1.  It's already under a 1, but we have to put it under another 1! Like this: .  That's like .  When we divide a fraction by a fraction, we bring up the bottom one and flip it to multiply to give us this expression: , which of course simplifies to just

i think there was a typo. you wrote pat brings 3 quarts of ice-cream to the party. each serving of ice-cream is 1 6 quart. how many total servings of ice-cream does pat bring to the party? i think the bold is supposed to be 1/6. so 1 quart of ice cream = 6 servings. 6 * 3 = 18.

the answer is 18.

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