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Deriving Exponent Rules in Technical Training

In a corporate algebra workshop for laboratory technicians, an instructor uses the expression x2x5\frac{x^2}{x^5} to derive the definition of a negative exponent. Identify the two distinct mathematical procedures used in this derivation to simplify the expression and show that x3=1x3x^{-3} = \frac{1}{x^3}.

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