Algebra Examples

$- 3 x^{- 2}$

Step 1

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

$- 3 \frac{1}{x^{2}}$

Step 2

Combine $- 3$ and $\frac{1}{x^{2}}$ .

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

Step 3

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

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