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

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To use the Negative Exponent Rule to generate an equivalent expression, we can apply the rule that states:

\[ a^{-n} = \frac{1}{a^n} \]

In your expression \(3^{-1/2}\), we can rewrite it as follows:

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

Now, since \(3^{1/2}\) is the square root of 3, we can express this as:

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

Thus, an equivalent expression to \(3^{-1/2}\) is \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\).