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  • Feb 8, 2009, 01:45 PM
    moe6142
    simplifying and writing the answer in positive exponents
    (-3a^5 b^-3 c^0)^-2
  • Feb 8, 2009, 02:52 PM
    rwinterton

    Hints:

    the b^-3 = 1/b^3

    the final exponent X^-2 = 1/(X^2) where X is the rest of the equation)

    c^0 = 1

    You can rewrite everything, multiply it out and simplify it.

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