My friend told me that negative exponents "sometimes" inverse the fraction (i.e X-2 +2 / 5 = 5/ x-2 +2.) I don't understand why it only applies "sometimes", he told me "it's a notation issue that no one knows what to do with" . Now I'm confused on what to do when I see a negative exponent.
Percentage
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Subtraction
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Addition
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My friend told me that negative exponents "sometimes" inverse the fraction (i.e X-2 +2 / 5 = 5/ x-2 +2.) I don't understand why it only applies "sometimes", he told me "it's a notation issue that no one knows what to do with" . Now I'm confused on what to do when I see a negative exponent.
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