r ^ 18 / q ^ (-24) = ?

Answer 1

R ^ 18 / q ^ (-24) = (R^18)(q^24)

When you have a negative exponent it simply means you should take the reciprocal and write the value with a positive exponent.

Another way of looking at it is negative exponent means that the base is on the wrong side of the fraction line, so you need to flip the base to the other side.

such as

x^(-n) = 1/(x^n) or 1/(x^(-n)) = x^n
.

Answer 2

r ^ 18 / q ^ (-24)=R^2 (18) *q^2 (24).