Algebra Examples

$(5^{- 8}) (5^{- 10})$

Step 1

Move $5^{- 8}$ to the denominator in $5^{- 8}$ using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{5^{8}}$

Step 2

Move $5^{- 10}$ to the denominator in $5^{- 10}$ using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$\frac{1}{5^{10}}$

Step 3

Rewrite $(5^{- 8}) (5^{- 10})$ with positive exponents.

$\frac{1}{5^{8}} \cdot \frac{1}{5^{10}}$