Precalculus Examples

$16 x^{- \frac{3}{4}} + 32 x^{\frac{1}{4}}$

Step 1

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

$16 \frac{1}{x^{\frac{3}{4}}} + 32 x^{\frac{1}{4}}$

Step 2

Combine $16$ and $\frac{1}{x^{\frac{3}{4}}}$ .

$\frac{16}{x^{\frac{3}{4}}} + 32 x^{\frac{1}{4}}$