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Writing negative powers as fractions

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Write the following as a fraction:

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\\[(\\var{a}x)^{\\var{-n}}\\]

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Writing $(\\var{a}x)^\\var{-n}$ as a fraction we have,

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\\[(\\var{a}x)^\\var{-n}=\\frac{1}{(\\var{a}x)^\\var{n}}.\\]

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Now we just take the $\\var{n}$th power of everything inside the brackets to get

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\\[\\frac{1}{(\\var{a}x)^\\var{n}}=\\frac{1}{\\var{a^n}x^\\var{n}}.\\]

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