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Simplify.
(-2)^(-2) =

User Subaz
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Answer:

1/4

Explanation:

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User Mtalexan
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Anything to the power of a negative is a reciprocal

Thus, we have : 1/(-2)^2

(-2)^2 is the same as -2 x -2

As per the rule that two negatives multiplied makes a positive, you get 4

Your final answer is 1/4

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