Calculus Examples

$1 - 8 x^{- 3}$

Step 1

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

$1 - 8 \frac{1}{x^{3}}$

Step 2

Combine $- 8$ and $\frac{1}{x^{3}}$ .

$1 + \frac{- 8}{x^{3}}$

Step 3

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$1 - \frac{8}{x^{3}}$