Algebra Examples

$\sqrt{a^{- 3}}$

Step 1

Use $\sqrt[n]{a^{x}} = a^{\frac{x}{n}}$ to rewrite $\sqrt{a^{- 3}}$ as $a^{\frac{- 3}{2}}$ .

$a^{\frac{- 3}{2}}$

Step 2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$a^{- \frac{3}{2}}$