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Standardizing Technical Formulas

A technical writer for an engineering firm is creating a reference sheet for simplifying mathematical models. One section requires a formal statement of the Property of Negative Exponents. State the rule for simplifying a fraction with a negative exponent in the denominator by providing the equivalent form of the expression 1 / (a^-n), where a is a non-zero number and n is an integer.

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