Algebra Examples

$f (- 3) = 5^{- 3}$

Step 1

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

$f (- 3) = \frac{1}{5^{3}}$

Step 2

Raise $5$ to the power of $3$ .

$f (- 3) = \frac{1}{125}$