| Discussion: | Traffic Jam Applet tool |
| Topic: | exponents |
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| Subject: | RE: exponents |
| Author: | Mathman |
| Date: | Oct 18 2004 |
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> with negative exponents are the reciprocals of the ones with
> positive exponents is really just a convenient definition rather
> than something that *must* be true.
Is it not simply a result of the same empirical rule a^5/a^3 = a^(5-3), and
so it follows for completion that a^3/a^5 = a^(3-5), and likewise a^n/a^n =
a^0 ?
David.
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