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4 to the power of negative 5

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Answer:

1/1024

Explanation:

1) Since you are putting 4/1 to the power of a negative number, you'd have to flip the fraction first to get 1/4.

2) Now you need to put 1/4 to the 5th power, ignore the 1 on top, only put 4 to the 5th power.

3) The answer is now 1/1024.

User Buttowski
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analyzing problem

4 to the power of -5 is

1/4^5

which is

1/1024

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