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What do you do when you have a number which is squared to a negative number. e.g 2^-2

 Nov 22, 2014

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If you have 3^-2, this means that you need to take the reciprocal; make it  1 / 3^2  =  1/9.

(When you take the reciprocal, turn the negative exponent into a positive exponent.)

So, 4^-3 means  1 / 4^3  =  1/64.

Etc.

 Nov 22, 2014
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Melody Nov 22, 2014

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