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A number raised to a negative exponent is negative

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I can't quite tell what you're asking, bit this is false.

{3}^( - 2) \\ \frac{1}{ {3}^(2) } \\ (1)/(9)
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Sometimes - only if the numbers are both negative will it be negative
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