Can someone please explain how to simplify expressions that have negative and positive exponents

Demonstrates how to simplify fractions containing negative exponents.Warns against confusing "minus" signs on numbers and "minus" signs in exponents.can work either of two ways: multiply first and then handle the negative exponents

see below, I hope it's helpful

Step-by-step explanation:

Simplifying expressions...

1. use as many steps as you need, don't take shortcuts or try to do too much in one step... only touch each item in the expression once at most at each step

2. Follow PEMDAS

3. consider some of the rules of exponents: (a/b)^n = (a^n)/(b^n) and (x)^(-n) = 1/(x^n) and a^(b^c) = a^(bc)

examples x^(-4) = 1/(x^4)

                3^(-x) = 1/(3^x)

                (2/x)^(-n) = (1/(2/x))^n = (x/2)^n

                 2^(-x^3) = 2^(-3x) = 1/(2^3x)

so for example

2^(-x) - (x)^(-n) + (-n)^(x^(-2)) touch each part only once, do what you can

1/(2^x) - 1/(x^n) + (-n)^(-2x) the third part needed two steps, so be it

1/(x^n) - 1/(x^n) + (1/((-n)^2x)

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