Select the correct answer.
Simplify the following expression.

Answer:
B. 1/3
Step-by-step explanation:
This question is designed to show if you know the exponent rules. Exponent Rules are short cuts. If you are multiplying two terms and they both have the same base (the big bottom number), then you could ADD the exponents (the small font raised numbers) Here the base is 3 in both terms. We keep that base. Then add 2/5 and -7/5 to get -5/5. This is just -1.
Another Exponent Rule is how to use negative exponents. So far we have 3^-1 (that means three to the negative one power)
In order to make that negative exponent positive, you just move it across the fraction bar. So we would lower it below the fraction bar to make it a positive one exponent. So you end up with 1/3