Question

PLEASE HELP Use the rules of exponents to simplify the expressions. Place a final answer in fraction form. (-1/2)to the power of 3 *(-1/2) to the power of 2

Answer 1

-1/32.

Explanation:

(-1/2)^3 * (-1/2)^2

= -1/8 * 1/4

= -1/32.