Question

Can someone walk me through how to evaluate this?

Answer 1

`(1)/(5)`

Explanation:

For a negative exponent you always flip the number so instead of
`5^(-1)` it would be
`(1)/(5^(1) )` and 5 to the first power is 5

Now for
`5^(0)` any exponent with a zero it always equals 1

So
`(1)/(5) * 1 = (1)/(5)`

Hope this helps!