Pre-Algebra Examples

$- 9 x^{- 1}$

Step 1

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

$- 9 \frac{1}{x}$

Step 2

Combine $- 9$ and $\frac{1}{x}$ .

$\frac{- 9}{x}$

Step 3

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{9}{x}$