Algebra Examples

$x^{\frac{5}{3}} - 9 x^{- \frac{1}{3}}$

Step 1

Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

$x^{\frac{5}{3}} - 9 \frac{1}{x^{\frac{1}{3}}}$

Step 2

Combine $- 9$ and $\frac{1}{x^{\frac{1}{3}}}$ .

$x^{\frac{5}{3}} + \frac{- 9}{x^{\frac{1}{3}}}$

Step 3

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$x^{\frac{5}{3}} - \frac{9}{x^{\frac{1}{3}}}$