Without doing any calculations, is (-3/4)^13 positive or negative? Explain your reasoning.

Donald Wu asked Dec 10, 2023

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Donald Wu asked Dec 10, 2023

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is negative

A negative number raised to the power of an odd number remains negative

13 is odd and -3/4 is negative

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