Negative Exponent Intuition

Intuition on why a^-b = 1/(a^b) (and why a^0 =1)

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Education

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• negative
• exponent
• intuition
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[winterstellar]

Mathematics is beautiful. 5 stars.

[AquaCatClaws]

my math book is sooooo nutheaded it doesnt explain anything like this infact it doesnt even hv this ...this ....a^9 or watevr u call it in it and i am doing prealgebra and this is new to meeeee.....thx sal...ur the real one teaching me math .... :-)

[LovelySky]

Very useful information. I've been taught about the negative powers since high school but never knew the explanations for it. Thanks a bunch.

[AdielG19]

my teacher said it would require too much math to explain this..wow if she knew it was this easy! great job!

[MissJayster]

thanks!

[lucache95]

thank you very much! i was frustrated because i didnt understand. i do now :)

[kindergartencow]

Thank you! Your videos are helping my GRE studying immensely! :)

[paulceltics]

no one can dislike this :)

[Liaomiao]

I'm 27, learned up to vector calculus with the help of your videos as well as some other free online lectures, and have all intentions of pursuing mathematics further in my spare time. I never understood what negative exponents were intuitively until now. Can't believe I didn't figure this out on my own. I'm both very embarrassed and very grateful. Thank you.

[ryujj143]

thanks for explaining this...it makes sense now

[ihasacarify]

good vid really helped

[VIR092]

Ah! The Dazzling....