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Is (-2) with the exponent 9 positive or negative
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Is (-2) with the exponent 9 positive or negative

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Answer:

negative

Explanation:

A negative value raised to an even exponent is positive

A negative value raised to an odd exponent is negative


(-2)^(9) = - 512 ← negative


(-2)^(8) = 256 ← positive

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