Algebra Examples

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

Step 1

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

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

Step 2

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

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