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Why do whole numbers rise to an exponent get greater while fractions raise to an exponent get smaller?

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This is because exponents increase a number, for example
2, and, 2^2 squaring a number is basically multiplying it by itself. So
2 * 2 = 2^2=4. Now obiviously 4 is greater than 2. But lets make the numbers like this:


(1)/(2), and, (1)/(2)^2

And again,
(1)/(2)*(1)/(2) = ((1)/(2))^2 = (1)/(4)

Now, which is bigger
(1)/(2)or(1)/(4)

A quarter is smaller than a half right?

So in this case we can see that fractions raised to an exponent get smaller while numbers raised to an exponent get bigger.

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