Algebra Examples

$\frac{1}{x^{\frac{- 1}{2}}}$

Step 1

Move $x^{\frac{- 1}{2}}$ to the numerator using the negative exponent rule $\frac{1}{b^{- n}} = b^{n}$ .

$x^{- \frac{- 1}{2}}$

Step 2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$x^{- - \frac{1}{2}}$

Step 3

Multiply $- - \frac{1}{2}$ .

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Step 3.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$x^{1 (\frac{1}{2})}$

Step 3.2

Multiply $\frac{1}{2}$ by $1$ .

$x^{\frac{1}{2}}$