Write Using Positive Exponents 5x^-2

$5 x^{- 2}$

Step 1

Move $x^{- 2}$ to the denominator in $x^{- 2}$ using the negative exponent rule $b^{- n} = \frac{1}{b^{n}}$ .

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

Step 2

Rewrite $5 x^{- 2}$ with positive exponents.

$5 \frac{1}{x^{2}}$