Use the Negative Exponent Rule to generate an equivalent expression to 3^-1/2

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The Negative Exponent Rule states that \( a^{-n} = \frac{1}{a^n} \).

To apply this rule to the expression \( 3^{-1/2} \), we rewrite it as follows:

\[ 3^{-1/2} = \frac{1}{3^{1/2}} \]

Since \( 3^{1/2} \) is equivalent to the square root of 3, we can further simplify the expression:

\[ 3^{-1/2} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \]

Therefore, an equivalent expression to \( 3^{-1/2} \) is:

\[ \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \]