Evaluate (3/8)^(-5): Negative Exponents with Fractions

Question

Insert the corresponding expression:

$\left(\frac{3}{8}\right)^{-5}=$

00:00 Simply

00:03 According to the laws of exponents, any fraction with a negative exponent (-N)

00:08 equals its reciprocal with the opposite exponent (N)

00:11 We will use this formula in our exercise

00:14 We will flip the fraction

00:19 and raise it to the opposite power (times(-1))

00:23 and this is the solution to the question

$\left(\frac{8}{3}\right)^5$