Negative Exponents

[melaneecuneapen]

You have amazing writing. lol better than mine

[bryfryable]

dont you have to flip the exponent when you take it from the denominator and put it in the numerator?!?!?!?

[bryfryable]

cant you reduce powers???? shouldnt m to the 8th over m to the 12th reduce to m to the 2nd, and m to the 3rd (for the problem on 5:55)

[theurbanpotato]

thanks! this was really helpful :D

[steshani1000]

awesommme! need help with last example D;

[king95MK]

sooooo much help!!! thank you!

[P3rfectM3h]

Hes a Lefty :P

[wmanidi]

God I want your hand writing!

[heyyitsmimihsu]

you helped me a lot but not sure ill be able to pass D:

[MrDevin666]

Why not finish the last example?

[funnyguy2714]

thank you this help me a lot :)

[aqwhalfblood01]

I'm confusing..if it is 5 3/3 so it must be 6 because you add a 3/3 to 5 it means you add a whole "1" to 5 ...=.='' 2:34

[wewtsauce37]

@aqwhalfblood01 its 5 raised to the 3/3 power, which is 5 to the first power. 5 to the first power equals 5.

[aqwhalfblood01]

@wewtsauce37 aaaaaaah...OK!

[redsoxfinatic77]

Totally forgot about this along with most of Algebra 2. If I had your address I would send you a cake :D

[dorkstervicky]

Taught me more than my teacher. Thankyou (:

[dianasal4]

Patrick your the best i love your videos!!!

[dianasal4]

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[karashelby01]

Please marry me so that you can teach me math for the rest of our lives.

[team145]

Exactly what I was looking for

[MrSillybilly22]

Good Video



[SUCKmyASSitSMELLS1]

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[Stefaan810]

really great video i have a test tomorrow and you really helped

[ZedXIV]

thanks you so much, you just saved me from probably failing my test

[staviwavi222]

thank you

[WeAreTheXGeneration]

Thank you so much! I have atest tommorow and this helped so much!

[Soccerjunky04]

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[asiisn]

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[Msbbopalula]

Great, thanks!!

[musicloverlmao103]

I would just like to say THANK YOU SO MUCH(: With most other videos I just can't grasp the concepts they are trying to teach. Without you, I would have a headache now...and an F later. Keep making videos! I may need you with geometry.

[ligocon]

I need help on doing 20y^5/40y^-2 can yo help me?

[devillord18]

@ligocon That's a tricky one, did you find out the answer? I know you should find out the base first then you can start working out the powers. But I can't find a base that has a power of both 20 and 40... (not entirely sure, if I'm right, but maybe you can divide 20 by 40 first then work out the y powers?) If you found out the answer please let me know, I'm curious as well :)

[psychovirus01]

so, what's the answer for the last one? the x^-2 + 3 / x^3?

[MTAL4ever]

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[patrickJMT]

@MTAL4ever nice

[Disposition446]

@MTAL4ever why did that sentence begin with pissing my pants

[jezrul0]

@Disposition446 cause he's pissing his pants in excitement!

[slamer2000]

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[patrickJMT]

@slamer2000 yep, should be!

[slamer2000]

@patrickJMT. Thanks! I found it!

[Papagolf3]

bro you might have just got me an a on my quiz tomorrow

[shayahbabe26]

This is good but i have this project do tomorrow and out of the topics is Negative Exponents and we have to give a example and Explanation but i no how to do it its jus that i dont know how to explain it !

[mailmanforyou]

sso how would you do the last problem you showed? x-1+3/x^3

[PickelhauptOfWayne]

Very good work! This helped me understand some concepts in Chemistry much better!

[lexinaut]

Nicely presented. OBEY THE LAWS OF EXPONENTS!

[junomz21]

this really helps, thanks!

[cutiecharcool888]

i have some questions on is (1/3) to the exponent of -4 and (-7) to the exponent of -2

if you could help, that'd be great thanks (:

[maryccollins18JG]

I... UNDERSTAND IT!!

[davis011]

Two words... Epically Beast...

[Orcslayer506]

@selenestclair He's married. Look near 4:21 when he says,now let's do some harder examples." You will see that he has a wring on his left hand. No offense.

[mekbarbie]

i love you.

[circa1394]

i love you(no homo)

[gennkill]

what happens if the bases are not the same what do i write?

[uber301]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nutella871]

I thought fractional exponents mean Power/Root. Like if I had 2^2/3, it would read the cube root of 2 squared...right?

[tonydeadlock]

lol i suck at math n ima in college ... i should have thought bout this befa i picked 2 go to a all math related school ur realy help full when ima doing my HW cause i can do problems as i watch ur vid n stop it or go back anytime in school its just write this down ok now do this one.

[JulietheWriter]

Well, how DO I solve a problem that involves addition and/or subtraction? I have an AP Calculus AB summer packet to do and there are at least six problems like that. If it's in the numerator I can easily separate it into different fractions, deal with the negative exponents, get a common denominator, and then put it all back together.... right? Would this work? Is it the best way?

[Charlymaumushi]

We should have this videos in class! The problem on 6:55 was the Ex. I was looking for. Youtub is better than my book. The fucking book doesn't have that Ex.!

[patrickJMT]

@Charlymaumushi not youtube, but patrickjmt.

[korgsynth20]

Awesome video! Thanks a lot!!!

[corvettefreakc3]

fuck man thank you so much. this helped me alot cramming for my math pat. my teacher didnt teach me any of this crap so i just googled it lol

[scrbblzbby]

wow now i understand y can t u be my teacheer

[scottjosh50]

what about fractional exponents that do not have common denominators?

[BabyWorldEyes]

Okay so I'm in eighth grade advanced, I completely forgot everything I was taught three weeks ago, and my teacher fails to explain this properly. What do you do when the bases are variables, and some of them are negative. Like (x^10z^12)(-x^5z) what would I do with the Xs?? I realize I sound like an idiot but I honestly can't learn anything from my current teacher.

[firelord9000]

I wish you were my math teacher >_<

[patrickJMT]

@firelord9000 if you watch my videos, i am : )

[firelord9000]

@patrickJMT

lol true that!

[rcisthedriver]

Very helpful, thanks very much!

[natsu76]

Can you please simplify the last one? (x^-2 + 3) / x^3 =

[znasser86]

I am taking my nursing exam soon and I completely forgot all my math..I recently purchased a math book to brush up on my math skills and this video is better than all the books. I really appreciate how thorough and clear you are. Thank you so much! I definitely subscribed to you

[sexy19081995]

i cannot understand nethin

[igottheipad]

hi if you don't mind, could you please explain how to do negative exponents such as 3(a^-2*b^-3)^4 or things similiar to that? thanks!

And love your vids!!!!

[gameorgy]

Thanks dude, I'm in a grade 8 math honors class and we are doing grade 12 math. THANKS SOOO MUCH, This really helped.

[loveandmathematics99]

you're rad thank you!!

[MultiDanradcliffe]

good job thanks helped a ton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SammieW23]

thanx u...

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[Taylorswiftrocks555]

i finally get it now!!! thank you! :)

[babogatae]

Great job!

[SleepyDario]

great job :)

[socceroc93]

great video. keep up the good work!!!

[julie041092]

hi, I have some weekend homework that is stumping me.. my issue is knowing whether or not I am able to take a negative number on the numerator and bring it to the denominator to make it positive and vise versa, like how you can do with exponents. For example, my problem is (-4x^2)^3 / 2x^2. I got to -12x^6 / 2x^2. Can I move the -12 to the denominator to make it a positive, or does the negative just move out to the front of the equation?

[LUKEROSE818]

way sick thanks

[Nacio0726]

it was really good but you didnt solve that last problem wit the plus sign

[jOhanlover11]

This helped me thanks (:

[inuyashagirlrules]

HEYYYY UR A LEFTY! me 2! It means good luck for us lefties! UR GOOD AT MATH! Im not.

[chriscross335]

good video

[Daud2008]

Sorry but I don't understand one thing you made between 2:56 -3:07, you multiply the denominator 5^-2/3 by 1, well to me it is still 5^-2/3 it doesn't become positive, and surely it doesn't go up. So there must be some other steps behind that I cannot understand. Could you address me to a simpler explanation? Because I thought that 1/5 if I multiply the 5 with 1 wouldn't become 5 right? 1/(1*5) it is still 1/5.

[LoneKfcSniper]

the step is if the denominator is to a negative power. Flipping it to the numerator gets rid of the negative. so it's 5^2/3.

The rule is a^-m = 1/a^m. Same thing as 1/a^-m is a^m. i don't remember the name of the rule but it's very simple to find on google if you need more clarification

[punksterz666]

thank you..

[tobeedetermined]

You have nice handwriting.

[TheYerMoma]

@tobeedetermined agreed lol very nice handwriting!

[tobeedetermined]

@TheYerMoma Yeah I wish mine was that nice that's why I stick to typing.

[selenestclair]

Marry me! :-P

[shakirayshakira]

You are amazing, Patrick! Your videos have really helped me these past few days! Thank you sooooooo much! You are really good at explaining things so that people who have difficulty with math can easily understand them! You rock!

[420inthe604]

I give you props, math 12 skills presented on youtube for those who are math illiterate and cashing in on it!

[patrickJMT]

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[brokepspguy]

NERD

[patrickJMT]

yep a nerd who gets a paycheck from google at the end of every month.

keep watching and keep commenting.

[patrickJMT]

but the best part, is that you post video walk thrus about video games and like the jonas boys...

[tobeedetermined]

hater

[i2lovenerdz]

This helped me to remember a lot of the basic algebra I'll be needing in calculus. =]. Thanks a bundle!

[2lovemeorhateme2]

how would you do something like this

2(3x)^-1-1

(^-1 thats the exponent)

thank you!

[ecadietz]

You are so amazing!!!!!! You have helped me a lot.

Thanks so much.

[Jackalofdeath]

These aren't very good examples , they all are too perfect. I won't be able to see what examples i need right now, but a suggestion is how about showing some problems with multiple variables and only some of them are negative. I am studying for a test and these examples don't help me.

[patrickJMT]

so dont watch then, jesus christ... bitch bitch bitch

[Jeselza]

lmao

[the5beers]

patrick, you have helped me so much! I am also looking for help with this type of problem:

(-6pq^-3)(2p^4q)

[NitekMuscle]

Here's a difficult one: ( [3k^-2/K^] ^-1) * 2/K

The algebra text arrived at 2K^5/3 as the answer, but for the darndest, I can't. :)

[natalia22]

i love you.

thanks :)

[daryl2280]

very helpful, organized, and great penmanship! easy to follow. great video

[10danny8]

thx it helped our teacher is makeing us get in groups of three and teach the lesson to each other...but no one knows how to do it

[yondy12]

is this for grade 9 or something?

[patrickJMT]

this is for ages: 3 years - 130 years old

[daryl2280]

hahaha!

[RussianRocker4life]

YAY! hw help! :)

[stylingshopper]

Thank u so much ! this vid helped me...i had a test the other day and i followed this and got a A on the test!!

[patrickJMT]

perfect!

[roywilliams61]

easy stuff, still appreciate it though.

[RentonxEureka]

what do you do if the two bases are different?

[igeleye]

this helped but he didnt say why if there is an adding sighn then y cant u move it to the bottom!!!

[Nani101]

Yay! Free homework help! :D

[iortizvictory]

What if you have a negative base and a negative exponent?